Britain's railways fail, for the most part, at providing a service accessible to everyone. However, things could be a lot better, and in this video I try and outline how.
Discord: https://discord.gg/uK66HWbSg5
Credits:
[1]: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-assistance/passenger-assist/
[2}:
https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-07/passenger-assist-research-report-2022.pdf
Music:
Forest Find - TrackTribe
Photography/Imagery (in order of appearance, with a general description of the image. If not listed here, the source of images is either obvious or one of my own):
GWR route map
https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-07/passenger-assist-research-report-2022.pdf
CAPAY at nl.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
John Thomas (1838-1905), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lineside view of Horton in Ribblesdale Station by Stephen Armstrong, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Haverthwaite railway station footbridge by Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bridleway level crossing on King's Mill Lane by JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vera de Kok (NS Sprinter), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
WMR step - West Midlands Rail Executive(?)
National Rail (Passenger Assist page)
Put the Crippled Kid up Front (ramp being deployed on 377)
Doug Paulley (LNER video)
CrossCountry Trains (Voyager luggage space)
Rail Ombudsman
National Rail
(luggage ticket) U.S. National Archives and Records Administration / U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
(light thing on an AM96) SNCB/NMBS
(MTR platform staff) CHOADAICHONG MinuddR, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(ERTMS Trained personell) Network Rail Wales
(BSL poster) Lucy Southwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
SBB app - SBB (obviously)
Bikes for Hire, Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(EV Chargers) Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(Elizabeth Line platforms) James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nigel Thompson / Sugar Loaf Halt railway station, Powys
(Level boarding with legs) Atomic Taco from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(Barcelona Metro Level boarding "hump") Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(FLIRT at Cambridge and FLIRT at Dullingham) kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
(FLIRT ramp) Geoff Marshall
New footbridge at Canterbury West station by Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Julie Berry