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Written question asked by Jim McMahon (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 December 2025 (named day). It was answered by Keir Mather (Labour) on Monday, 1 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Railway Stations: Lifts

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many days were disabled accessible lifts at train stations recorded as being out of use for each year from 2015 to date.

Answer

This information is not held by the Department. The Office of Rail and Road publish biannual statistics containing data on passenger lifts at Network Rail owned stations in Great Britain on its data portal at the following link: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk.

This includes information on the number of lifts, lift reliability and lift entrapments.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
94777
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Access Disability Railway stations Repairs and maintenance Lifts
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk