Rail accessibility

Guidance and regulation

Rail interoperability: exemptions and decisions
- 14 May 2026
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Improving accessibility at railway stations across Britain
- 15 January 2026
- Department for Transport
- Written statement
New tech to make rail replacement travel more accessible
- 13 May 2025
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Belmont trains boosted with 拢14.1 million (Levelling Up Fund 2)
- 19 February 2024
- 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
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case study

Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys: 12 October 2025 to 3 January 2026 (Periods 8 to 10)
- 2 April 2026
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Passenger lifts at stations: 1 April 2025 to 11 October 2025 (Periods 1 to 7)
- 29 January 2026
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Heavy rail fleet accessibility compliance: Great Western Railway Class 230
- 28 January 2026
- Department for Transport
- Research
Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys: 20 July 2025 to 11 October 2025 (Periods 5 to 7)
- 15 January 2026
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics
Disabled Persons Railcards (DPRC) and assisted journeys: 1 April 2025 to 19 July 2025 (Periods 1 to 4)
- 16 October 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- Official statistics

RVAR 2010 exemption: Hayling Light Railway Trust
- 10 December 2025
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 16 August 2024
RVAR 2010 exemption: Festiniog Railway Company
- 5 December 2025
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 09 January 2026
Rail vehicle dispensation: Great Western Railway Class 230 fast charge unit
- 26 September 2025
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 24 October 2025
RVAR 2010 exemption: London Underground Limited Waterloo & City line
- 4 June 2025
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 02 July 2025
Accessible railways roadmap
- 5 November 2025
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper