Roma Ostiense station finally accessible

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Published by Dario Dongo on 25th June 2022

Accessibility of trains and stations in Italy, the general disaster

People with disabilities and reduced mobility in Italy are still widely discriminated against in access to public transport by rail. This problem concerns both the metro in the capital managed by ATAC Rome - where the elevators are a utopia and the stair lifts often fail, as we have seen (1) - and the railways service. (2)

The railway stations equipped with assistance services for people with disabilities and reduced mobility provided by the Sale Blu RFI, according to data updated by RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana), there are about 330 out of 2050. (3) That is to say, 16% of Italian stations. A data very far from the European reference standards (4) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, 2008).

Roma Ostiense train station, finally accessible

Rome Ostiense has been for many years one of the emblems ofapartheid and discrimination against disabled and frail people. The recent renovation has neglected the accessibility of the entrance, where the pedestrian crossing ends in front of a step and the only slide, outlawed for excessive slope and hole in front, was hidden behind the garbage cans.

Hello Region, TGR Lazio, 14.6.22

Égalité was able to report this problem to the manager of the RFI stations in Lazio, Matteo Mucci. Thanks to the meeting favored by the journalist Rossella Santilli, at theedition 14.6.22 of Buongiorno Regione, tg3 Lazio. And the timeliness of the reply exceeded all expectations, since on 23.6.22 the architect Luca Bernardi of Centostazioni SpA communicated to us that the accessibility of Roma Ostiense had been restored.

Rome and Lazio train stations, the turning point

The good news is the expression of the will, on the part of the RFI Lazio station manager, to collect our reports on the train stations in Rome and Lazio that require interventions to ensure accessibility. In the perspective of an overall restoration, already in the short term, which can make the use of trains truly accessible by everyone.

We invite those who want to report problems of accessibility and usability of the railway stations in Lazio by people with disabilities and reduced mobility to write to us at Email [email protected]Please specify the nature of the problems to be addressed, if possible accompanied by some images, as well as the name and municipality of the station.

Dario Dongo