RTRI REPORT September 2001
RESEARCH REPORT

International Standards on Accessibility for Aged and Disabled Passengers of Railway Systems

Hiroaki SUZUKI, Akira SHINOMIYA


  This report reviews some International Standards concerned about passengers' accessibility to railway systems. These are important to provide the best assistance in meeting the needs of railway passengers with reduced mobility such as a aged and disabled. Two major topics are distinguished. One is the removal of information barriers for blind, deaf and aged persons. Another is the removal of physical barriers such as steps are gaps in station and railway vehicles. It is necessary not only for wheel-chair users and aged persons, but also for people with temporary restrictions such as pregnant, injured and stroller users.


* Full papers of RTRI Report are written in Japanese.

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