Wheelchairs to fare better: three-year project into protection for disabled rail users could mean improved carriage design

摘要

TRAIN CARRIAGES may be facing a re-design, thanks to an EU project aimed at cutting the number of deaths and serious injuries among wheelchair users travelling by rail. The three-year project, Safe Interiors, is being co-ordinated by Bombardier and includes Alstom, MIRA and the Rail Safety and Standards Board. It is part of a wider EU-funded scheme, the Train Interior Passive Safety for Europe project. Safe Interiors will ascertain how to protect disabled passengers during an accident by providing improved safety systems for wheelchair users.