CONCERNS for disabled passengers under government plans to reform Britain’s railways have been raised by MPs on the transport committee.

The MPs have written to rail minister Lord Peter Hendy regarding the Department for Transport’s recent consultation A railway fit for Britain’s future.

Committee chairwoman Ruth Cadbury welcomed the government’s approach to establishing Great British Railways (GBR) — a planned state-owned railway company that is to oversee passenger rail transport in Great Britain — but said that “in contrast with the previous government’s draft Rail Reform Bill, we note with concern that the latest consultation omits any reference to placing a duty on GBR to have regard to accessibility.”