{"id":399,"date":"2016-12-07T10:28:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=399"},"modified":"2017-04-07T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T09:48:56","slug":"northern-rail-being-inaccessible-by-the-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Northern Rail: Inaccessible by the disabled on scooters."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/mum-who-ms-uses-mobility-12283312\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/incoming\/article12283738.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/JS106750920.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Kelly Jenkinson\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/mum-who-ms-uses-mobility-12283312\"><em>(Source: MEN)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a direct mail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernrailway.co.uk\">Northern Rail<\/a>, a post on Facebook replied with their official policy. Access to services by all seems to be ignored by this company&#8230; as this girl has found out. Why? My place of work had to fix this, even 20-odd years ago! Why do they get a free pass?<\/p>\n<p>Shameful, and they need to be dragged into the 21st Century. By their balls.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Rails policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernrailway.co.uk\/faq\/accessibility\/99-can-i-take-my-mobility-scooter-on-the-train\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: MEN) After a direct mail to Northern Rail, a post on Facebook replied with their official policy. Access to services by all seems to be ignored by this company&#8230; as this girl has found out. Why? My place of work had to fix this, even 20-odd years ago! Why do they get a free &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=399\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Northern Rail: Inaccessible by the disabled on scooters.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[213,6],"tags":[197,199],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ZcXa-6r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":224,"url":"http:\/\/www.skysurfer.uk\/wordpress\/?p=224","url_meta":{"origin":399,"position":0},"title":"Uk found guilty of human rights abuses.","date":"14th July 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The UN declares the UK\u2019s austerity policies in breach of international human rights obligations The UN are \u201cseriously concerned\u201d\u00a0by the state of inequality in the UK. 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