Rail accessibility

Guidance and regulation

Accessible railway stations: design standards
- Guidance
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Transport
Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations: exemption orders
- Guidance
- 18 July 2023
- Department for Transport
Arriva Rail London: accessibility compliance dispensation
- Guidance
- 31 December 2019
- Department for Transport
Abellio East Anglia: accessibility compliance dispensation
- Guidance
- 26 July 2021
- Department for Transport
DPTAC response to ORR PR23 draft determination consultation
- Guidance
- 5 September 2023
- Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee

New tech to make rail replacement travel more accessible
- 13 May 2025
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Rail interoperability: exemptions and decisions
- 24 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Belmont trains boosted with 拢14.1 million (Levelling Up Fund 2)
- 19 February 2024
- Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case study
拢50m investment for travel improvements in Cornwall聽(Levelling Up Fund 2)
- 19 February 2024
- Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case study
拢5.3 million investment in innovative projects to make railways more accessible
- 23 November 2023
- Department for Transport and Innovate UK
- News story

Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys: 13 October 2024 to 4 January 2025 (Periods 8 to 10)
- 10 April 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Passenger lifts at stations: 1 April 2024 to 12 October 2024 (Periods 1 to 7)
- 20 February 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys: 21 July 2024 to 12 October 2024 (Periods 5 to 7)
- 16 January 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys data: 1 April 2024 to 20 July 2024 (Periods 1 to 4)
- 31 October 2024
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Assisted journeys data: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 (Periods 1 to 13)
- 11 July 2024
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics

RVAR 2010 exemption: Chiltern Railways passenger information system
- 3 December 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 07 January 2025
RVAR 2010 exemption: Hayling Light Railway Trust
- 19 July 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 16 August 2024
Rail vehicle dispensation: Porterbrook refurbished Class 170s for CrossCountry Trains and East Midlands Railways
- 22 April 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 22 May 2024
Rail vehicle dispensation: Transport for Wales Rail Ltd Active Travel Class 153s
- 19 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 30 April 2024
RVAR 2010 exemption: London Underground Limited Bakerloo line
- 29 February 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 28 March 2024