Disability campaigners hit out at ‘unacceptable’ 500 closures in a year of Tube lifts that were working

Tube station lifts had to be closed more than 500 times last year because there were no “trained staff” available in case they broke down.

There was a five-fold annual increase in the amount of time that lifts were taken out of service as a safety precaution – despite being in working order.