Railway Stations: Access
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in England operate without step-free access.
Answered by Keir Mather
The Department continues to improve accessibility through programmes such as the Access for All scheme, including the announcement in January of 31 new projects progressing.
There are currently 488 stations with no step-free access. A further 392 stations have partial step-free access - this is where step-free access is available to one or more platforms, but not all platforms, or there are restrictions that mean not all journeys through the station are step-free. This is in relation to the main line rail network in England.
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