Southeastern has announced that they are calling on passengers and mobility groups to nominate their local station for accessibility improvements that will help disabled passengers.
The £300 million Government funding has been made available for improvements across Britain, which includes lifts, subways, and bridges.
Southeastern want as much money as possible to used to improve their stations.
Step-free access improvements have already been made at 13 Southeastern stations -including Herne Hill, Gravesend, and Canterbury West.
Nominations can be made online by clicking here, and need to be submitted by Sunday 30 September 2018.
What did the officials say?
Southeastern's accessibility manager, Justin Ryan, said:
“We know our passengers want it to be simple and easy to travel by train, including those with mobility issues, heavy luggage or travelling with young children. Most of the railway was built in the 19th Century, and while Victorian engineers were real pioneers, they didn't design their stations to be as accessible as our passengers expect today.
“The Government is expected to announce in early 2019 which stations will benefit, and we're asking our passengers to help us make a really strong case, so that a significant slice of the £300m Access for All fund is spent on installing step-free access at Southeastern stations.”
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Greater Anglia also did that by nominating or adopt a station. If I did nominate a station. It’ll be Rayleigh as I live near to Rayleigh station and near Rayleigh.