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| Just over a month after Londoner Jason Heptonstall uploaded the now viral video that saw him race against a Circle line train and win, one wheelchair user has decided to film his own version in a bid to highlight the problems that still face disabled people travelling on London’s underground. | Just over a month after Londoner Jason Heptonstall uploaded the now viral video that saw him race against a Circle line train and win, one wheelchair user has decided to film his own version in a bid to highlight the problems that still face disabled people travelling on London’s underground. |
| In a video posted by wheelchair-user Anthony Ince, we see the 43-year-old cerebral palsy-sufferer leave the train at Mansion House before embarking on the 380 metre journey to Circle line station, and next stop on the line, Cannon Street. | In a video posted by wheelchair-user Anthony Ince, we see the 43-year-old cerebral palsy-sufferer leave the train at Mansion House before embarking on the 380 metre journey to Circle line station, and next stop on the line, Cannon Street. |
| After navigating his way out of Mansion House and through the labyrinth of roads that lead to Cannon Street, it seems as if Ince is on course to make the train. However, after passing through the station’s ticket barriers, Ince’s journey is cut short by a flight of stairs. | After navigating his way out of Mansion House and through the labyrinth of roads that lead to Cannon Street, it seems as if Ince is on course to make the train. However, after passing through the station’s ticket barriers, Ince’s journey is cut short by a flight of stairs. |
| With no step free access available at Cannon Street, Ince is left sitting at the top of the stairs as he watches his train pass through the station. | With no step free access available at Cannon Street, Ince is left sitting at the top of the stairs as he watches his train pass through the station. |
| While Ince and the makers of the film and admit that they used some artistic licence in showing the 380-metre journey between the two stations, they said that this was necessary to show how a large majority of tube stations were still lacking when it came to access for disabled users. | While Ince and the makers of the film and admit that they used some artistic licence in showing the 380-metre journey between the two stations, they said that this was necessary to show how a large majority of tube stations were still lacking when it came to access for disabled users. |
| Speaking to The Evening Standard, Ince, who has featured on the blog The Free Help Guy, said that he hoped the video would get the attention of London Transport bosses and encourage them to invest more money into improving facilities on the tube for those with disabilities. | |
| He said: “If we can get one sixteenth of the views that the original 'Race the Tube' video got and people take away the message, then that can only be a good thing." | He said: “If we can get one sixteenth of the views that the original 'Race the Tube' video got and people take away the message, then that can only be a good thing." |
| According to the video, only 25 per cent of London Underground stations currently have step free access and this is something that Ince feels needs to be improved. | According to the video, only 25 per cent of London Underground stations currently have step free access and this is something that Ince feels needs to be improved. |
| He told The Standard: “I tend to just use buses. It’s too difficult to know where I can and can’t get to when I take the tube. It feels like us wheelchair users are being ignored, despite how positively London came across during the Paralympics in 2012.” | He told The Standard: “I tend to just use buses. It’s too difficult to know where I can and can’t get to when I take the tube. It feels like us wheelchair users are being ignored, despite how positively London came across during the Paralympics in 2012.” |