Correspondence

Rail Vehicle Accessibility: Metro systems

Baroness Vere of Norbiton’s letters to operators of metro systems in London, Glasgow and Newcastle on rail carriage accessibility.

• From: Department for Transport, Office of Rail and Road, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee and Baroness Vere of Norbiton
• Published: 19 December 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Letter from Baroness Vere to the Commissioner of Transport, Transport for London

PDF, 217 KB, 2 pages

Letter from Baroness Vere to the MD of Nexus

PDF, 86.5 KB, 1 page

Letter from Baroness Vere to the Chief Executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

PDF, 87.4 KB, 1 page

Letter from Baroness Vere to the General Manager of Docklands Light Railway

PDF, 178 KB, 2 pages

Details

Baroness Vere of Norbiton has written to operators of metro systems in London, Glasgow and Newcastle to express her dissatisfaction at the need to retain rail carriages which do not comply with accessibility standards in RVAR 2010 beyond the compliance deadline of 1 January 2020. Vehicles on these networks have been given time-limited exemptions and must work to upgrade or replace these vehicles as soon as possible.

Consideration of these exemption requests were carried out in consultation with DPTAC, ORR, LondonTravelwatch and Transport Focus.

RVAR exemption consulations

• Four Nexus Metrocars
• London Underground Limited - Waterloo and City Line
• London Underground Limited - Bakerloo Line
• London Underground Limited - Piccadilly Line
• London Underground Limited - Central Line
• Strathclyde Partnership for Transport: Glasgow Subway
• Door closure warnings Docklands Light Railway Limited *London Underground Limited - Waterloo and City Line *four Nexus Metrocars

Published 19 December 2019