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Transport for Wales: Railway shelters get access improvements

Transport for Wales Man in wheelchair at shelterTransport for Wales
Matthew Marchant at Johnston station with station manager James Nicholas

Accessible shelters are being built at train stations across Wales to replace concrete and brick waiting areas.

Some engers with reduced mobility struggled to access some of the older shelters, and other shelters had become damaged, Transport for Wales said.

A total of 25 new shelters will be built, with improvement work already completed at stations in Conwy, Anglesey, Gwynedd, and Pembrokeshire.

Work on other shelters is set to be completed by the spring.

enger Matthew Marchant, 28, from Pembrokeshire, had previously been unable to get his wheelchair into the shelter at Johnston station in Pembrokeshire.

He said: "The old one was on a raised bit of concrete so it was almost impossible to get my wheelchair in there, which wasn't ideal in the rain."

The work has been carried out with from Network Rail, which owns the majority of stations on the Wales and Borders network.

Transport for Wales said it was committed to improving the enger experience for people right across its network.