London and such

[nik_w]

So, I am going to be in London with my sister (paula_l_w) on Thursday, however I'm not entirely sure how we're going to cope... for those that don't know, she's disabled, so can't walk too well. Normally, we'd get around this by taking her out in her wheelchair. However, by all accounts, London Underground & wheelchairs do not exactly go hand-in-hand. This

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[doctorbob]

The good news is that buses shouldn't be a problem - the old style Routemaster was phased out because it was not wheelchair friendly - most buses in London are now. Similarly, most tube stations make provisions for wheelchair access - check before travelling.

Oh, and every* station on the network has a wheelchair friendly gate beside the ticket barriers

(*as far as I can remember)

[nik_w]

I was looking at the TFL website, and they have this accessibility map (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tube-access-guide1-october2006.pdf), and hardly any stations show up as wheelchair friendly (only like DLR ones and a few newer ones). I would have thought they would have lifts, but this map seems to indicate otherwise. I know it should be easy enough to get on/off busses, but I haven't a clue where any of them go or where I'm supposed to be looking for - i.e. if one didn't say "Euston Station" on it, I wouldn't know which ones went past there. I tried to figure out the busses last time I was down there, but the posters made no sense!:p