2026-10-06 10:06 UTC
This is why I bang on so much about level access. Noone should have to depend on railway staff and the correct alignment of the train to the platform to be able to use a train.
This also highlights another common problem with train design. The sole single wheelchair space on the train. Cos of course no wheel chair user has friends in wheelchairs tho they want to travel with ...
Public transport that isn't level access is defective by design.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5gmr3dl2lp4o
Replies (3)
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 2026-10-06 11:13
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st This past Summer, in my town, Amtrak opened the first new passenger rail stationhouse in over a century, with the first-ever level boarding platform in Vermont history.
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@Su_G@aus.social 2026-10-06 11:17
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st Yes, level access! 👍 It’s not rocket science.
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@Photo55@mastodon.social 2026-10-06 13:59
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st My railway knowledge is tiny, do you know how the levels of platform and train deck were set early on? I wonder if they once were identical?