Stagecoach East
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Headquarters | Cambridge |
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United Kingdom | |
Parent organizations | Stagecoach Group |
Service areas | Bedford |
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Peterborough | |
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ID | 1086648 |
About Stagecoach East
Stagecoach East is the divisional name for the bus operations of the Stagecoach Group in eastern England.
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Wheelchair users will not be forced to keep it wet by buses
... bus operators Stagecoach East Midlands wrote to Mr...
Wheelchair users "will not be forced to keep it wet" by buses
Ryan McDade wet himself after he was passed by three buses in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
says A wheelchair, he was "forced to wet" to himself, as he left at a bus stop shelter for an hour.
Ryan McDade said he was passed by three Pronto buses in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
The 20-year-old said he felt "dehumanized" by the driver and The Experience "humiliating".
bus operators Stagecoach East Midlands wrote to Mr. McDade sorry to ask, after the review of CCTV footage, adding: "we will not tolerate this type of misconduct".
Mr McDade had tried to spent time in Mansfield on Friday, and was back to Portland College , a residential specialist college in the vicinity of Raven head.
The musical Theater student, cerebral palsy, said: "We waited for over an hour and in that time, three bus driver drove past easy, one of them opened the door to the bus and just said 'no'.
"We waited so long that I was forced to make me wet, this is really humiliating.
"There's a lady sitting next to me, I can't tell you the fix. "
Mr McDade suffers from curvature of the spine, and can therefore hampered the use of public close real toilets.
'this is shameful'He said it was the First Time , he was "point-blank "refused" entry to a bus, but he said it was a place in the wheelchair area of the bus.
"It was to inhuman, always on a bus [in a wheelchair] is A Nightmare ," he said.
"The bus is My Way , with Independence , so when someone would say:" you can 'T get on the bus" as it is on Friday, someone take away that Independence . "
Stagecoach East Midlands - operates Pronto buses - said it was "extremely concerned" by what is said happened to RyanCeri Smith, policy and campaigns manager for the disability charity Scope, said: "It is a shame that Ryan had to endure this terrible experience.
"Public Transport will serve, each in our society, but disabled people are left in the lurch, Every Day . "
Stagecoach East Midlands operating the Pronto bus service.
In a written response to Mr McDade complaint, The Company said he offered his "sincere apology to Ryan".
He added: "Two of our employees have not complied with the guidelines of The Company in terms of both stopping for passengers and disability awareness. "
The driver", interviewed in the framework of the formal disciplinary procedure".
A spokesman for The Operator said: "We are very disappointed that Ryan was disappointed on this occasion.
"We also have to apologize for speaking directly to Ryan' s mother. "
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