The Friends of Walkden Station have an excellent post on their weblog about Northern Rail’s Disabled People’s Protection Policy (DPPP). I know that access is a big issue for many passengers at Walkden and indeed other local stations.
Essentially Northern Rail are committed to providing a taxi service to the nearest available accessible station (Atherton) for local residents who are unable to climb the stairs at Walkden due to disability.
It was rightly pointed out at the last FOWS meeting that the more passengers at Walkden who do this, the better the case for Northern Rail, Network Rail and GMPTE to put forward the necessary funding to make access improvements.
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