500 signatures reached
To: Abellio Greater Anglia
Needham Market Train Station - Accessible To All!
Make full access to Needham Market Train Station an urgent priority.
Why is this important?
Despite significant ‘improvements’ to Needham Market Railway Station in recent years (costing over £700,000) access to the Ipswich-bound platform remains by steep underground stairway only – a physical challenge for passengers with limited mobility, with buggies, bikes, or heavy suitcases, and an impossibility for wheelchair users.
Additionally, the new ramp from the car park to the Cambridge-bound platform is well above the maximum 1 in 12 gradient required to comply with Building Regulations, creating further significant problems for wheel chair users.
Needham Market is a growing town with large new estates planned for hundreds of homes over the next few years. Abellio East Anglia Limited (trading as Greater Anglia) claims to be committed to complying with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and pledges to make its services accessible to all. Abellio has a ten year contract to run our trains and stations and so has no excuse not to make full access an urgent priority.
Please sign our petition and support this local campaign. Thank you!
How it will be delivered
We have already hand-delivered the petition as was of 1400 signatures to the Transport Secretary Chris Greyling MP, we'll shortly be handing to the Disability Minister, yet we'll likely keep this going until we end up with the desired result, you have been warned!
