<p>Disabled Access at Train Stations </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 7 February 2017.

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Photo of David Rees David Rees Labour 2:09, 7 February 2017

First Minister, Port Talbot had a station that had terrible disabled access and, after many, many years of campaigning, particularly by my predecessor, Brian Gibbons, the station improvement grant was allocated to ensure that Port Talbot became upgraded, and I'm sure you welcome the changes that we now see in Port Talbot for disabled access and disabled facilities on the station. However, it’s slightly been tarnished by perhaps some of the conditions and flooring and dirt we’re now seeing as a consequence of perhaps an indecision between Network Rail and Arriva trains as to who runs the station. Will you learn lessons from this development to ensure that disabled access is there, and it’s going to continue to be a good access, clean access, for everybody? Will you also look at the opportunities gained in transport hubs around railway stations, so that disabled access is not just on the station itself, but is also getting to the station and, from there, into the station?