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The Campaign for Level Boarding is a group of activists, engineers and experts working together to make level boarding on UK trains and stations a reality.

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Netherlands orders 36 FLIRT trains from Stadler Designed to be accessible through ⁦@LevelBoarding⁩ entrance doors and throughout interior Areas will be reserved for passengers with reduced mobility, plenty of space for luggage, pushchairs + cycles railadvent.co.uk/2025/11/nether…


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📢 Victory for activists, after months of campaigning for public interest duties in the new Railways Bill. Core duties for disabled passengers and public interest have been restored, including socioeconomic benefits and environment. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4030

ABCommuters's tweet image. 📢 Victory for activists, after months of campaigning for public interest duties in the new Railways Bill.

Core duties for disabled passengers and public interest have been restored, including socioeconomic benefits and environment. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4030

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. ⁦@ScotRail⁩ launches procurement for new train fleet Train enhancements will include more comfortable journeys, improved on-board facilities such as modern air-con, greater reliability, increased accessibility and ⁦@LevelBoardingscotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail…


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Accessible travel just got an upgrade after Germany unveiled the ICE L, the country's first high-speed train with low-floor, step-free access. #dwbusiness


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. @DB_Bahn will roll out new era of German high-speed travel with launch of ICE L via @Christiane "L" is for @LevelBoarding For disabled passengers independence becomes the default creating a truly seamless boarding experience open.substack.com/pub/accessible…

LordOrk's tweet image. .  @DB_Bahn will roll out new era of German high-speed travel with launch of ICE L via @Christiane

"L" is for @LevelBoarding

For disabled passengers independence becomes the default
creating a truly seamless boarding experience

 open.substack.com/pub/accessible…

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Rail travel can be accessible to everyone. This, and other examples from around the UK and world prove it. We're determined to make it happen.

. @DB_Bahn will roll out new era of German high-speed travel with launch of ICE L via @Christiane "L" is for @LevelBoarding For disabled passengers independence becomes the default creating a truly seamless boarding experience open.substack.com/pub/accessible…

LordOrk's tweet image. .  @DB_Bahn will roll out new era of German high-speed travel with launch of ICE L via @Christiane

"L" is for @LevelBoarding

For disabled passengers independence becomes the default
creating a truly seamless boarding experience

 open.substack.com/pub/accessible…


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Brand-new electric trains (756’s) on the Coryton and Penarth lines are transforming travel for passengers: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦increased capacity, ⏱️faster and more frequent services, 🧑‍🦽‍➡️improved comfort and accessibility – including level boarding. Here’s what passengers had to say⤵️


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So @Railnatter recently put out a new episode on @LevelBoarding - as both @northernassist and @ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON. It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆

GarethDennis's tweet image. So @Railnatter recently put out a new episode on @LevelBoarding - as both @northernassist and @ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON.

It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆

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New Class 756 electric trains now run daily on the Coryton and Penarth lines, offering better comfort, faster journeys, more space, Wi-Fi, and level boarding. It’s part of Transport for Wales’ full rollout across the South Wales Valleys network. gov.wales/brand-new-elec…


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Electrifying the Alps: Stadler Unveils Game-Changing FLIRT Trains for Valle d’Aosta With four wide low-floor doors on each side, the trains ensure fast passenger flow and easy, barrier-free ⁦@LevelBoarding⁩ experience for the Valle d’Aosta region. railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/elect…


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Congratulations @merseyrail 👏 👏 Other train operators please take note - @LevelBoarding for the win 🏆 Enables independent travel for wheelchair users and is safer for everyone

Merseyrail wins a National Rail Award for level boarding. Praise be! More please!

philatrail's tweet image. Merseyrail wins a National Rail Award for level boarding. Praise be! More please!


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My only rail trip here in Budapest was on M2, with its level boarding.

Clinnick1's tweet image. My only rail trip here in Budapest was on M2, with its level boarding.
Clinnick1's tweet image. My only rail trip here in Budapest was on M2, with its level boarding.
Clinnick1's tweet image. My only rail trip here in Budapest was on M2, with its level boarding.

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Here's what the combination of a low-floored train fitted with gap fillers and platform/track set (very roughly!) to the GB standard position looks like. Curvature doesn't matter. It isn't perfect, but it's a much better starting point than the status quo 📐


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Yet more evidence of the damage that the chronic lack of post-2020 ambition for UK high speed rail is having on transport inequality: platform edge doors were a key accessibility opportunity that HS2 offered by operating a uniform fleet. Now they've been abandoned.

GarethDennis's tweet image. Yet more evidence of the damage that the chronic lack of post-2020 ambition for UK high speed rail is having on transport inequality: platform edge doors were a key accessibility opportunity that HS2 offered by operating a uniform fleet.

Now they've been abandoned.

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New Acela vs Vande Bharat for Ingress/Egress component— 🚅Acela: Level boarding, wider doors → faster, universally accessible, easier with luggage & wheelchairs. 🚄Vande Bharat: 2 steps to climb, narrow doors → not direct level access, slower ingress/egress. A large passenger…

First pic is of American Amtrack Acela which was launched today. Notice the door width and level boarding, and now compare with our Vande Bharat. No wonder there’s so much crowding and jostling at the doors during boarding and deboarding.

streetfrontier's tweet image. First pic is of American Amtrack Acela which was launched today.

Notice the door width and level boarding, and now compare with our Vande Bharat.

No wonder there’s so much crowding and jostling at the doors during boarding and deboarding.
streetfrontier's tweet image. First pic is of American Amtrack Acela which was launched today.

Notice the door width and level boarding, and now compare with our Vande Bharat.

No wonder there’s so much crowding and jostling at the doors during boarding and deboarding.


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Talgo gets its ICE-L trains approved to run in Germany, paving the way for these new level-boarding trains to run Amsterdam-Berlin & Hamburg-Copenhagen. lavanguardia.com/dinero/2025081…


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These are our new train carriages which will be operational by the end of the year. Currently they are building out a few station platforms that are not level but by the end of the year it will be all level boarding on our Dart train line. This should be the norm now!


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🚉CARDIFF METRO (DRAFT) First DRAFT of my the @LevelBoarding and station access map for the METRO for Mon-Sat daytime services. I have requested details from @tfwrail but would be grateful for comments and corrections. The public NR information on station access is very old.

foxy_michael's tweet image. 🚉CARDIFF METRO (DRAFT)
First DRAFT of my the @LevelBoarding and station access map for the METRO for Mon-Sat daytime services.

I have requested details from @tfwrail but would be grateful for comments and corrections.

The public NR information on station access is very old.

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The intention is to show if there is @levelboarding (eg platform to train) as the outer circle of the station symbol with the internal showing the station access to the platform.


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