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More than a third of train stations in South Lanarkshire don't have step-free access

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than a third of train stations in South Lanarkshire don’t have step-free access for disabled passengers.Research by charity Leonard Cheshire has revealed that seven of the 19 stations across the region still require upgrading to allow disabled passengers to use the trains.Burnside, Carluke, Carstairs, Croftfoot, Hamilton West, Kirkhill and Uddingston stations don’t have step-free access.The disability charity is now calling for a new law that guarantees all rail journeys in Britain will be fully accessible by 2030 after their research suggested the network will not be fully accessible to disabled people until 2070.Just three stations in Scotland.

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