Remit
The Scottish Rail Accessibility Forum was established to bring together representatives of the Scottish rail industry and disability representative organisations in Scotland to discuss and advise Transport Scotland on:
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the implications of proposals arising from Department for Transport on issues relating to disabled access
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how the rail sector in Scotland is able to support disabled people to use its services and how Transport Scotland can promote this
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developments relating to the Code of Practice on Train and Station Services for Disabled Passengers and Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations (RVAR)
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the continuing roll-out of the "
Access for All" funding stream including the selection of stations for future development
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the development of the Transport Scotland programme of work relating to disabled access to rail services.
Membership
The Forum is currently made up by
- Transport Scotland
- First ScotRail
- Network Rail
- Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)
- Passenger Focus
- Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)
- Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance (SATA)
- Scottish Disability Equality Forum
- Inclusion Scotland
- Virgin and GNER
with a wider group receiving regular updates.
For links to these websites see Engagement with Others.
The group meets quarterly. Contact details are:
Access for All –Project Manager
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House
6
th Floor
58 Port Dundas Road
GlasgowG4 0HF
Email: info@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: 0141 272 7100
