KYIV. Dec 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) – PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, according to the program of creating appropriate conditions for disabled persons’ access to the objects of railway infrastructure in 2016, intends to invest UAH 1.5 billion in infrastructure for people with special needs.
According to the press service of the company, if earlier large stations and facilities were improved, the new program foresees making smaller facilities more comfortable for people with disabilities.
Regarding technical means, it is planned to equip stations, waiting rooms, sanitary facilities with ramps and handrails for persons with disabilities. The railroads will also install the lowered curbs of sidewalks for people in wheelchairs, ticket offices with lowered window sills for passengers with special needs and others.
It is also planned to improve information boards, pictograms, and visual warning signs. If necessary, the railways will install visual information tables in embossed alphanumeric characters and Braille letters, relief-tactile lines at the edges of platforms.
