Pave The Way! Write to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport today.

Did you know some train stations in Scotland don't have tactile paving?

This is very dangerous for blind and partially sighted people. Without tactile paving to indicate where the platform ends, visually impaired people face a serious risk to their safety and could fall onto the train tracks. Accessible train travel is vital to ensure people with visual impairment can travel safely and independently. That's why we're calling for tactile paving in all train stations in Scotland.

In August 2023, the then Minister for Transport confirmed phase 1 of the tactile paving at 18 stations was completed in March 2022. Network Rail has pledged to work with Scotrail to install tactile paving on all remaining rail platforms in Scotland by the end of 2023 and extended this deadline to June 2024.

With this deadline been and gone, we understand there are now 6 remaining stations left to be upgraded - Alexandra Parade, Altnabreac, Ardgay, Stirling Station, Edinburgh Waverley and Neilston. We need all stations upgraded, now!

Help us Pave The Way. Write to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport today to show your support for tactile paving in all train stations in Scotland.

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Dear Cabinet Secretary I'm writing to you to call on you to upgrade all of Scotland's train stations with tactile paving.
Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans have heard directly how a lack of tactile paving in train stations across Scotland is making rail travel dangerous for people with visual impairment.
Without tactile paving to indicate where the platform ends, visually impaired people face a serious risk to their safety and could fall onto the train tracks.
That’s what happened to Sam Gough, a former Royal Blind School pupil and athlete on her way to a sports event. She took a train from Edinburgh to Doncaster but no assistance turned up. With no tactile paving to indicate whether she was walking towards a platform edge or towards the exit, Sam was left unable to move for fear of falling onto the tracks.
“Fast trains were screaming past with the wind hitting me and despite screaming on the platform for help, no one heard. People have died falling on the tracks before and I thought it was about to happen to me. It was a nightmare, a really horrendous situation to be in. This is the most extreme situation I have faced on the train. There is a real issue here about accessibility and fairness.”  Sam's shocking experience highlights how vital accessible train travel is to ensure people with visual impairment can travel safely and independently by rail.  As you outlined in August 2023 in your answer to question S6W-20157, Network Rail pledged to work with Scotrail to install tactile paving on all remaining rail platforms in Scotland by the end of 2023. 
As of November 2024, we understand there are now 6 remaining stations left to be upgraded - Alexandra Parade, Altnabreac, Ardgay, Stirling Station, Edinburgh Waverley and Neilston.  
I’m calling on you to support Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans Pave The Way campaign to upgrade all remaining train stations in Scotland by the end of the year with tactile paving before anyone else’s life is put at risk.

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