I have lived in London for 24 years and been a wheelchair user for 17 of those years and I remember being afraid to travel on the train to Central London (as I live in Teddington, a suburb of London), the first time I went was in 2011 when my younger sister came to visit us in London. We booked a train to get from Teddington to London Waterloo, I had to book 1 day in advance and wait until they could fine a guard with a ramp at each station. I vowed I’d not travel by train after that but I have a Support Worker who only in 2023 showed me how much easier it is to travel by train these days 😀, I don’t even have to book ahead, I can just turn up at the station, book a ticket and when I’m on the platform tell them that I need a ramp, they tell me to go to wait at the designated space, the driver will see me and communicate it to the guard who lets me on at Teddington and off at London Waterloo, they couldn’t be nicer, they assist me on and off the train with the ramps that are on every train 😁. I always make sure that where we are going is accessible, we’ve visited many theatres, restaurants, museums and art galleries in London all of them are wonderful. I’m honoured that I live in such an accessible city. It’s time more cities followed London’s example to become welcoming to more disabled people