Wheelchair-user left alone on locked, dark train in Dublin station

A man who uses a wheelchair was last week left alone on a locked train in Dublin as there were no staff available to help him disembark.

Gerard Gallagher was travelling between Sligo and Connolly Station in Dublin and was left alone on the train in an empty station after the other passengers had departed. There was no staff member available to provide a ramp and assist him from the train.

He told the Irish Examiner that it is not the first time he has experienced something like this on a train, but it was the first time in many years that he felt "completely disabled".