Status on PRM for 150 and 153 Sprinters 2021

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Dear Transport for Wales,

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, I request the following information:

As of 1st January 2021 or near date, the status of compliance with the Technical Specification for Interoperability - Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM TSI) for the above classes of train in service with TfW. Please provide the set number(s) and target compliance dates of sets not compliant.
Please also confirm that these sets will always operate coupled with compliant sets.

Yours faithfully,

David Fletcher

Freedom Of Information, Transport for Wales

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Dear Freedom Of Information,

Thank you for your response
Can you please clarify?
In your text you say:
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Of our class 153 units, 13x units were converted to make them compliant by the end of 2019. As at 1stJan 2020, 13x remaining class 153 units did not comply PRM accessibility requirements.
unquote

I asked for information as of 1st January 2021. Is the date you quote (2020) an error?
Yours sincerely,

David Fletcher

Freedom Of Information, Transport for Wales

Good afternoon,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we apologise for the inconvenience caused. This is indeed an error, the text should read:

"As at 1st Jan 2021, 13x remaining class 153 units did not comply PRM accessibility requirements."

Thank you for your patience.

Kind regards,

Transport for Wales

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Dear Freedom Of Information,
Thank you
Yours sincerely,

David Fletcher