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Aakanksha Surve

DART driver allegedly berates wheelchair user for not calling ahead for ramp

Angry DART passengers have claimed that a train driver publicly berated a wheelchair user who asked for a ramp at a station.

The train was stopped at Grand Canal Dock Station at 5:50pm on Wednesday evening when the driver made an announcement in what was described as a "scolding, annoyed tone of voice" over the intercom directed at a commuter at the end of the train.

Tara Hanlon who was on the way home from work on the northbound train told Dublin Live: "I had the headphones on and I heard the sound of the intercom come on.

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