I do love the irony of this post....
(Focus WTV post about how in #Brugge the first #NMBS train is running with a wheelchair accessible entrance that can be used without needing assistance.
tbf, I'm sure the wheelchair user just had to go a bit faster and this wouldn't have happened. But hey, nice to see we're finally making some progress on this stuff!)
https://focus-wtv.be/nieuws/nmbs-stelt-eerste-autonoom-toegankelijk-treinstel-voor-in-brugge
#wheelchair #train
Another video of the new M7.
(video source: Nationale Hoge Raad van Personen met een Handicap)
@thibaultmol Until recently Infrabel modernised platforms with two different heights: 55 and 76 cm. thus decided to order M7 multiple purpose carriages with an entrance on 63 cm. Worst of both worlds. It took both companies multiple years before they realised that 76 cm is the way to go. The 76 cm entrance M7 carriages are a late add-on to this order and no new 55 cm platforms are to be build.
@thibaultmol Alle begin is moeilijk ;)
Still great progress, also for persons taking their bicycle on the train, but which don't have the courage/muscles/energy to lift them up or on high steps! Not to mention that cyclists are forgotten sometimes.