Canadian Railroads > Handicap on Park cars?

Were the Handicapped Lifts installed when these cars were completely refurbished or at a later date?  The photo is of the Prince Albert Park car.



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/22 11:32 by edsaalig.

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The Prestige Park car contains a Prestige Sleeper class cabin and a wheelchair accessible cabin.  The car was HEPed by VIA in the the 1990-1993 period (Silver & Blue) and the configuration remained the same, 1DR-3 Bedrooms-Lounge-Obs. In 2014-2015 4 cars were rebuilt into the present configuration (Prestige) with two wheelchair lifts added.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/22 19:11 by moonliter.

That means no steps and traps, so must be coupled to another car with vestibule adjacent ? 

moonliter Wrote:
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> The Prestige Park car contains a Prestige Sleeper
> class cabin and a wheelchair accessible cabin. 
> The car was HEPed by VIA in the the 1990-1993
> period (Silver & Blue) and the configuration
> remained the same, 1DR-2 Bedrooms-Lounge-Obs. In
> 2014-2015 4 cars were rebuilt into the present
> configuration (Prestige) with two wheelchair lifts
> added.
>
> Gerry Gaugl
> Ottawa ON

Actually, the Park Cars originally had 1 Drawing Room and THREE Double Rooms. Now just one Prestige Cabin and one ADA room. Not complaining, just clarifying........ 

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> That means no steps and traps, so must be coupled
> to another car with vestibule adjacent ? 

Correct.

The wheelchair lift allows the occupant of the accessible room to be lifted into the vestibule of the Park car and then make an immediate 90-degree turn and enter the room at one end of the washroom. See first photo, looking out through the washroom toward the vestibule.

The bedroom also has a door off the side corridor, seen in the second photo looking into the bedroom from the washroom.

The layout is far more spacious than the washroom in a conventional Prestige room.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/22 18:34 by railsmith.

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VIA made a nice ADA room out of former rooms C&D (and a bit of extra).....

Sadly, those wheelchair lifts do not work. A few trips ago I was talking with the Park car concierge about those. She told me they never worked properly and VIA has given up on them. So a passenger in a wheelchair must depend on the hand-cranked lift that is used at many other stations. The stations on the route of the Canadian that are equipped with this lift are very few, so I have been told. So passengers needing the lift are limited as to where they may entrain and detrain. I'm surprised that VIA gets away with this.

DrawingroomA Wrote:
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> Sadly, those wheelchair lifts do not work. A few
> trips ago I was talking with the Park car
> concierge about those. She told me they never
> worked properly and VIA has given up on them. So a
> passenger in a wheelchair must depend on the
> hand-cranked lift that is used at many other
> stations. The stations on the route of the
> Canadian that are equipped with this lift are very
> few, so I have been told. So passengers needing
> the lift are limited as to where they may entrain
> and detrain. I'm surprised that VIA gets away with
> this.

Is there a Canadian version of the Americans with Disabilities Act?

sure there is something, but nothing as encompassing iirc