Seanad
‹ Order of Business Accessibility at rural railway stations
Summary
Senator O’Sullivan calls for lifts at rural railway stations after seeing elderly passengers struggle to cross platforms by footbridges.
I have referred a number of times to the poor platform crossings in rural railway stations.
As I was waiting for my train in Charleville last Tuesday morning, I witnessed two elderly people with luggage trying to mount the metal bridge to cross from one platform to the other. I went to their assistance. It is ridiculous in this day and age that lifts cannot be provided in rural railway stations as they are in all the suburban ones.