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Thursday, 14 September, 2023

Samantha Gough: Blind footballer feared she would fall in front of speeding train after rail staff failed to show up – Sky News

A blind footballer was left traumatised and had to phone her mum after fearing she would fall in front of a speeding train when rail staff failed to show up to help her.

Samantha Gough, 20, got into difficulty after travelling from Edinburgh Waverley to Doncaster for a competition.

Ms Gough, from Midlothian, booked assistance before starting her journey – but found there was no one around to help when she arrived south of the border.

The LNER-managed station does not have tactile paving – a system of textured ground surface indicators on platforms that assist the visually impaired.

Read more at: 
https://news.sky.com/story/samantha-gough-blind-footballer-feared-she-would-fall-in-front-of-speeding-train-after-rail-staff-failed-to-show-up-12959771
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