Category:Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages

While all trains are wheelchair accessible, due to the historic design of carriages with their narrow doors and gangways, some of the carriages' accommodation is not suitable. The SVR has sought to provide wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages with the support of groups on the railway and external bodies. These specially adapted vehicles, which allow wheelchair access, are available on certain trains and can accommodate wheelchairs that are within the dimensions prescribed in government regulations covering public transport (700mm wide by 1200mm long). Disability-friendly toilets are also fitted in some of these vehicles. The SVR issues ‘Wheelchair Guidance for Passengers’.

At all stations, excluding Northwood Halt, ramps are available which connect between the train and the platform. The train crew and station staff will assist passengers in wheelchairs if required.

Notable events

• 1995: BR Gangwayed Brake 80776 won the Association of Railway Preservation Societies' “Coach of the Year” award for its conversion to a passenger carrying vehicle for up to 16 wheelchair users and 15 accompanying passengers.
• 1998: LNER 24105 Open Third entered SVR service incorporating a wheelchair area
• 26 August 2003: SVR Wolverhampton Branch commenced the wheelchair accessible conversion of BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open, which was in use by 4 August 2008.
• August/September 2010: work undertaken on Driving Motor Brake Second M50933 under contract to Bewdley C&W provided the conversion of an area in the diesel unit for use by visitors in wheelchairs. There is plenty of space for wheelchairs and four comfortable seats for the use of others who may be travelling with them.
• May 2016: The SVR announced that the SVR Charitable Trust had won a grant of £75,000 in a Department for Transport competition, for a scheme to transform the Railway’s travel offering for disabled passengers. The scheme involved the restoration and conversion of BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open and 80776, and the purchase of lightweight, portable ramps for each of the Railway’s wheelchair-accessible carriages.
• November 2017: work began on the conversion of GWR Collett Bow-Ended Coach No 5043 to GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car, with saloon accommodation for disabled passengers and their companions at one end and an accessible buffet counter at the other.
• 13 August 2019: 4399 returned to service incorporating adjustments similar to sister 4690; the removal of seats to allow a pair of double doors to be fitted on each side, next to a wheelchair parking area.

The carriages are:

Set	Vehicle	Notes
Set C, British Rail Mark 1s in Crimson & Cream	BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open
Set GW2, GWR coaches, in Chocolate & Cream	GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car	In course of conversion
Set L, LMS in Maroon	LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880
Set M, British Rail Mark 1s in Maroon	BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open
Set N, LNER & GNR Teak	Wheelchair Open Third (WTO) 24105
Set S, 'The Severn Valley Limited' diner set in GWR Chocolate & Cream	BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed	Converted to passenger usage for disabled passengers, being further adapted as wheelchair dining car
Set T, the 'Toplights'	GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon	Set in occasional use
Class 108 DMU	Driving Motor Brake Second M50933

References

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

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• Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages

Pages in category ‘Wheelchair-accessible adapted carriages’

The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

B

• BR 4399 Tourist Standard Open
• BR 4690 Tourist Standard Open
• BR 80776 Brake Gangwayed

C

• Class 108 DMU

G

• GWR 9055 Nondescript Saloon
• GWR 9581 Wheelchair accessible Buffet Car

L

• LMS Brake Third Corridor 26880
• LMS Brake Third Corridor 26921
• LNER 24105 Open Third