South Western Railway recognises the need for this website to be accessible to all. We have implemented a number of features to make this website easy to use, especially for users with disabilities.
This website aims to conform to Level A standard of the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. It also includes many features found in AA sites such as colour considerations and easily resizable fonts. We will continue to make improvements and make sure this website conforms to these guidelines.
Please contact us if you have questions or feedback regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you have difficulty using it.
Accessibility features on this website
The following features improve navigation for text only browsers, screen reader users, and users of keyboard navigation.
Style sheets
This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser supports it, style sheets can be disabled or over-ridden to customise the appearance of the website, to your preference.
Font sizes
You can change the font size of each page to your preference through the browser.
- In Internet Explorer, select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size.
- In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.
- In Firefox press CTRL + to increase font size and CTRL - to decrease. CTRL 0 will reset sizes to default.
Forms
Labels are used to assist access to form fields. All forms follow a logical tab sequence.
Links
We have worked hard to ensure that our links are meaningful, and some links are explained in greater detail by using a title attribute.
Scripting
JavaScript is used on the site to improve usability. All pages and processes are still accessible and usable if JavaScript is disabled or unavailable.
Browsers
This website is built to XHTML 1.0 and CSS 1.0 / 2.0 standards fully comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) developed by W3C. These guidelines enjoy wide government and media support.
This website will function and look as intended in browsers that support these standards. The most common of these are;
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari - Mac and iOS
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer 11
- Chrome - desktop and mobile
- Android native browser
Standards compliance
Our pages aim to conform to Level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This standard is endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Our pages use valid XHTML and CSS. To ensure code quality and that standards are maintained we are committed to checking this on a regular basis.
Questions or feedback
Please contact us if you have any questions or comments regarding accessibility on this website.
