{"id":473,"date":"2010-12-01T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=473"},"modified":"2016-04-06T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T14:11:16","slug":"rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":"Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2396\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/rail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rail.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/rail-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rail stations in the UK and Scotland have very variable facilities for disabled travellers. Many older or larger stations have been modernised with adaptations, however many have not and still present difficulties. Smaller stations in rural areas may not have been modernised.<\/p>\n<p>Contact <a title=\"Opens new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotrail.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Scotrail<\/a> for more details before your journey. Some trains are modern and have design features such as\u00a0ramps and\u00a0wheelchair spaces. However the older the trains the more issues with accessibility. Call 0344 811 0141 for enquiries.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Opens new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disabled Persons Railcard<\/a> website explains the <strong>Disabled Persons Rail Card<\/strong> which offers travel concessions.<\/p>\n<p>Assistance at rail stations may be available. Contact the train operator you are travelling with and ask for the <strong>Assisted Passenger Reservation System<\/strong> <strong>(APRS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rail stations in the UK and Scotland have very variable facilities for disabled travellers. Many older or larger stations have been modernised with adaptations, however many have not and still present difficulties. Smaller stations in rural areas may not have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=473\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[301,300],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-driving","tag-disabled-persons-rail-card","tag-rail-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6646,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/6646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}