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Old July 13th 09, 04:27 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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On Jul 13, 5:21*pm, Andy wrote:
Whilst agreeing about peak-hour bikes, there are plenty of wheelchair
accessible stations on the LO routes. On the Watford - Euston route,
Watford Junction, Carpenders Park, Harrow and Wealdstone, Willesden
Junction and Euston are all accessible. On Willesden - Richmond, only
Gunnersbury isn't; on Willesden - Clapham Junction only Clapham
Junction isn't (and work is underway here it give step free access).
On Willesden - Stratford, currently only the eastern three stations
(Homerton, Hackney Wick and Stratford) have step-free access, so the
North London line itself is a bit of a weak spot. Gospel Oak - Barking
also has access at Upper Holloway, Harringay Green Lane, Walthamstow
Queens Road and Barking (25% of stations). As well as the fully
accessible stations, there are a couple of other spots where one
platform has access. The number of accessible stations certainly mean
that the trains should be accessible as well, regardless of the law
saying that they must be.


Indeed. Luckily for wheelchair users, the shared area isn't a problem,
as they unequivocally have priority in that space.

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