Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all railway stations in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool City region and (c) England and Wales are wheelchair accessible.

Claire Perry

Whenever the rail industry carries out infrastructure work at stations it is required to meet the latest UK and EU accessibility standards.

We have also extended the Access for All programme, which will have provided step free access at over 200 stations by 2019. In Liverpool Walton both Fazkerley and Orrel Park have been completed. In the wider Liverpool City area Liverpool Central, Sandhills, Birkenhead North, Formby, Hooton, Meols and Waterloo have also been included in the programme.