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Passengers seriously injured boarding Elizabeth line trains at west London station (www.standard.co.uk)
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[–] zerakith@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely maddening a brand new line like this wasn't made level-boarding for the sake of some penny pinching.

Cheap to do as you design and expensive to retrofit in after.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"the pensioner said the step was 12-14 inches high" wtf? Any inches high is just shitty design.

[–] zerakith@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

It took a lot of campaigning by disabilities rights groups to get what accessibility there is on the Elizabeth line. https://www.transportforall.org.uk/news/disabled-campaigners-are-to-thank-for-accessibility-on-the-elizabeth-line/

Imagine spending £19billion on a project and argueing over £33million to make it more accessible.