Tweet Facebook Mail One of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians says she's been forced to "crawl off" a train in London, just a day before para-sport's showpiece global event kicks off in Paris. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, an 11-time gold medallist and disability rights advocate, accused consecutive governments of having "kicked the can down the road" on rail accessibility after the Monday night incident, urging more action. The the retired Welsh wheelchair racer documented her struggle to get off the London North Eastern Railway train after she arrived at Kings Cross Station just after 10pm (7am on Tuesday AEST).
READ MORE: Mother yelled 'we got him' after murder of Indigenous teen with ute, witnesses say Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson delivers a speech during the lighting of the Paralympic Flame in Stoke Mandeville, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, England, Saturday, August 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych) "Hey @lner my train has arrived at KGX and there is no one to get me off," she posted on X, formerly Twitter, in the first of several posts sent a few minutes apart. "Cleaning crew are on board.
"Cleaning crew are now leaving the train !!!! "Who do I need to call to get off this train !!! It got to KGX 10 mins ago !!!!!" After a quarter of an hour waiting, the House of Lords crossbench peer, who's heading to Paris on Tuesday, took matters into her own hands. "At 22.17 (train got in at 22.
02) I decided to crawl off," she posted. READ MORE:.