Toilets at Scarborough and Malton TransPennine Express stations now stoma-friendly
Facilities to help people with stomas have been introduced at TransPennine Express (TPE) stations.
All of TPE’s accessible station toilets now have shelves, hooks to hang belongings on, mirrors, and disposal facilities to meet Colostomy UK requirements to be stoma-friendly.
This includes toilets at Cleethorpes, Dewsbury, Grimsby, Huddersfield, Hull, Malton, Manchester Airport, Northallerton, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Selby, Stalybridge, Thirsk, and Thornaby.
Stomas are an opening in a person's abdomen to help divert one end of the colon, with a pouch placed over it to collect faeces - a stoma bag - after they have a colostomy operation.
People can end up with a stoma as part of treatment for conditions including bowel cancer, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and bowel incontinence.
Chris Jeffery, Accessibility Lead at TPE, said: “We hope the improvements will make travelling with TPE easier for customers with a stoma”.
“We are working hard to ensure that our services and stations are accessible and inclusive for everyone.”