Blind Glasgow man who fell on train tracks grateful for station improvements

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Blind Glasgow man who fell on train tracks grateful for station improvements
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The 41-year-old was rescued by other passengers after tumbling from the platform.

A blind man from Glasgow who fell on train tracks has praised the new safety measures at the station,

The 41-year old is delighted with the improvements and hopes no one else will get hurt. Following the campaign by national sight loss charity RNIB, Network Rail has fitted tactile paving, concrete strips indented with furrows or small bumps that are felt when someone stands on them.The charity is pressing for tactile paving to be fitted on all railway station platform edges in the UK.

"Thanks to RNIB working with Network Rail to install the tactile paving at Bellgrove, I can now travel confidently, just like anybody else. That’s why it’s essential Glasgow Central Low Level and all other stations that have no tactile paving on the platform have it installed as a priority.” "I landed on my backside and knees and, following the fall, my tailbone and knees were sore and badly bruised and I was in pain for a few weeks following the incident.

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