@timrichards Feedback on train-travel with wheelchair using son-in-law in UK:
Local trains in NW Preston to Windemere AMAZING. Wchair markings on platform to show where to wait. Space for wchair in carriage. Guard on-hand every station to help with a ramp. 10/10

Local train London to Brighton and London to Stansted Airport: none of the above. Just had to run with wchair and get on where we could.

Luggage racks on UK trains WAY too small to fold up his chair so we had to leave it open and he sat in it in door space. He is able to step onto train with us helping. If hed been fully wchair user, he wouldve had terrible trouble.
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#ausrail #RailJourney #accessibility #DisabledNotDisposable

@maxthum I just heard today that the price of daily returns within Victoria will be $9.20 from end of March. HUGE drop. Laving the car behind! Really exciting #ausrail #TrainTravel

Replace just 250km of track, get better trains, and you can almost halve the time of a Sydney to Melbourne rail journey down to less than 6hrs?
That’s a bargain. Let’s get it done.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/15/sydney-melbourne-rail-track-upgrade-is-cheaper-quicker-way-to-slash-journey-times-says-expert
https://theconversation.com/more-than-ever-its-time-to-upgrade-the-sydney-melbourne-railway-187169
#AusRail #Transport #Decarbonisation #Rail #RailTransport