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Wheelchair user stuck on Metrolink platform for an HOUR due to broken lift

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He tried calling staff for help, but no one answered

A wheelchair user was stuck on a Metrolink platform for an hour because of a broken lift at the tram stop. Ashley Armstrong, who is 28 and has cerebral palsy, said he repeatedly tried to call staff for assistance from the stop in Prestwich but no one answered his calls.

READ MORE: Andy Burnham promises decision on expansion of Metrolink to Stockport, Bolton, Middleton and Heywood will be made soon But Ashley believes there should have been a message on the board at Piccadilly warning him about the issue. And he has questioned why no one answered when he pressed the 'so-called' passenger assistance button on the platform, asking: "What is the point?"

 

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