Accessibility Policy

We are actively working to increase and improve the usability and accessibility of our web presence and in doing so aim to meet our legal and moral obligations to users with disabilities and to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). We appreciate that every user is different and there may still be accessibility issues remaining. If you find any issues then please e-mail: webcomment@spt.co.uk. We will then assess what can be done to rectify this problem. Detailed below is some information pertaining to accessibility organisations, standards and features of this website.

W3C Standards

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has set standards for the robustness, quality and conformity of the back end code that has been used to build this website. The XHTML code has met XHTML Strict doctype and the CSS has also been validated. These validations are represented by the images below.

WAI Standards

By utilising Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines this website has attained AA level conformance with their guidelines. These guidelines help break down the barriers of accessibility for users with disabilities to access web content. This validation is represented by the image below.

Access Keys

Many modern browsers have implemented the access key functionality. This website takes advantage of this and uses access keys to give you quick access to the navigation of the website. By passing the use of the mouse and making it easier and quicker for you to navigate round our website. To use these access keys, press and hold the 'alt' key combined with one of the characters below.

Home :-: H
Tickets :-: 1
Timetables:-:2
Travel Info & Advice :-: 3
News :-: 4
Business :-: 5
Partnership :-: 6
Contact Us :-: 7

Accessibility Policy (This page):-: K
Sitemap :-: S

Text Size

All text size on this website can be altered to suit your needs. By using the steps below in your browser of choice you can change the default text size.

Internet Explorer users click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Select 'Text Size'.
Select your option.

Netscape users (version 5 or earlier)
Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Then select Increase Font.
The keyboard action for this is CTRL+]

Netscape (6.0+) / Mozilla users
Click on 'View' in the top menu toolbar.
Then select 'Text Size'. Opera users:
Click on 'File' in the top menu toolbar.
Click on Preferences, then (in the left-hand 'Category' section of the dialogue box) 'Documents'.
Specify the font size you require in the 'Minimum font size (pixels)' option.

Additional Equipment

If you are having problems accessing this website there is additional equipment available to you to ease your experience on the internet. This ranges from specifically designed mice to software that can be used to read the content of websites out to you through your computers speakers. We recommend you contact your local support office or view the links below to find out more information on equipment that would help you specifically.

Print style information

A special style sheet has been devised to make this page more acceptable for printers to print out. To achieve this we have removed all graphical and navigation elements to reduce ink wastage and to give you just the information that you want to print out.

Useful Links

For any more information please view these links below.

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0)
  http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
• Disability Discrimination Act
  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm
• Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
  http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/Pages/default.aspx
• BBC Accessibility Guide
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/a

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Website comments

If you have any comments or suggestions to make about this site, please e-mail us at webcomment@spt.co.uk.