The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) welcomes the adoption of new technical requirements to improve train travel for persons with reduced mobility and disabled persons. Together with appropriate funding to secure a sustainable business environment for the rail sector, the new rules will help the rail sector in its continued promotion of accessibility.
More concretely, the European Commission adopted revised technical specifications for interoperability for persons with reduced mobility (TSI PRM), after a fruitful consultation and drafting process involving passenger associations and railways.
The TSI PRM provides measures applicable to stations and trains aimed at enhancing transport conditions for persons with disabilities. The revised version extends the accessibility rules from new to existing stations and will give Member States the possibility to prioritise their construction works in existing stations in order to comply with the TSI PRM. Furthermore, according to the revised measures, all public areas of stations dedicated to rail travel will have to be compliant with the TSI PRM.
CER Executive Director Libor Lochman commented: “Accessibility is about making the life of all passengers easier. To learn from the experience of the customer is essential. That’s why the European railways continue to exchange best practices with passenger associations in order to further improve their services on a regular basis”.
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