Question follow-through · 20030
Trains: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether LNER will introduce card readers with tactile buttons on their trains for visually impaired people.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether LNER will introduce card readers with tactile buttons on their trains for visually impaired people.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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3 Sept 2026
Answer published
LNER’s Train Managers already use payment devices with tactile buttons and markings. LNER’s café bar devices currently use touchscreens and LNER is exploring accessibility improvements.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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London North Eastern Railway: Catering
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the absence of cash payments on LNER trains on the ability of visually impaired people to purchase food and drink on its services.