A Dumfries veteran is calling for a new national rail policy for visually impaired people and their companions.
Currently Scotland’s local authorities have different concessionary and companion schemes for train travel and the lack of consistency is leading to confusion.
Speaking out in support of a campaign by Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans’ Fair Rail Vision, 75-year-old George Graham said that, with ScotRail now in public ownership, he wants all local authorities in the country to work with the Scottish Government to make local travel networks “as accessible and affordable as possible” for blind and partially sighted people and their companions.
