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Wheelchair Passengers boarding the DART

KingBrian2 · 2016-05-19 17:30:39

How do they get on the train? The gap is huge and a person on a wheelchair must find it extraordinarily difficult to use. A small person or a man with a waking stick would have a serious issue getting on. For most people you have to be very careful so what method is used to get them on. I never see any ramp for them to get…

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19-05-2016 6:30pm

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KingBrian2

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How do they get on the train? The gap is huge and a person on a wheelchair must find it extraordinarily difficult to use. A small person or a man with a waking stick would have a serious issue getting on. For most people you have to be very careful so what method is used to get them on. I never see any ramp for them to get on like on the Bus.

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#2 20-05-2016 10:25am
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Wheelchair access to the DART is a huge issue and was highlighted frequently during the General Election, especially within the Disable Inequality campaign: http://disableinequality.ie/disable-inequality-rachel-creeveys-story/

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#3 20-05-2016 9:41pm
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There is a portable ramp at every station, something like this one;

and there SHOULD be a man ready to lift the ramp in position, but that doesn't always happen.

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