Railway ticket office closures could hit disabled people

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A woman who has no hands says the loss of ticket offices will limit her freedom to travel by train.

By Andrew Sinclair and Nic RigbyPlans to close dozens of ticket offices will remove the "rights" to travel by train from some disabled passengers, BBC Politics East has been told.

"Obviously [having] no hands makes putting numbers in and choosing options very difficult. Putting a debit card in and taking it out is a real challenge and I can't pick up a ticket either.Image caption, Pippa Heylings, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency, said she had four stations in her area which could lose their ticket offices.

"My next-door neighbour who uses a wheelchair says the angle of the ticket machines means that when the sunlight's on it she can't see it. This is against the Equality Act."

 

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