A top blind footballer feared she would fall in front of a speeding train after being left stranded with no help at a platform.
“Fast trains were screaming past with the wind hitting me and despite screaming on the platform for help, no one heard.” “They said my assistance request was not on the system but I had been told at Edinburgh that staff were phoning Doncaster to inform them that I was on the way. Last year, she was the only Scot representing her country at goalball in the European Para Youth Games and scooped bronze for the Team - a para sport which sees players throw a ball with bells in it.
“There is a real issue about accessibility, equality and fairness here. Blind and partially sighted people should be able to travel safely and comfortably at all times.“I do not think that the Secretary of State for Transport’s statement that tactile paving will appear in all mainline railway stations in Britain by the end of 2025 at the latest is good enough.