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Accessibility statement

We want everyone to be able to check their trains with Rail, whether or not they use assistive technology. Here we explain what works today, what we know is missing and how to tell us about a problem.

The app

Rail is built with native iOS components and adapts to the iPhone’s accessibility features:

  • VoiceOver. Buttons, departures, stations and trains on the map, alerts and the widget have descriptive labels, and related information is read out together. Favorite stations can be reordered with VoiceOver actions, which announce the new position.
  • Larger Text. Text uses the system styles and grows with the size chosen in Settings, including the accessibility sizes. With very large text, some screens switch to a single column.
  • Light and Dark Mode. The app follows the system appearance, with colors defined for both modes.
  • Reduce Motion. With this setting on, the app removes the animations on the map and in the alerts.
  • More than color. Lines are identified by their name (C1, C2) as well as their color, and the severity of each alert is also shown in text.

This website

This website aims to meet level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. To that end, it:

  • uses semantic HTML, with a logical heading structure and header, navigation, main content and footer regions;
  • offers a link to skip to the content, which appears when navigating by keyboard;
  • shows a visible focus indicator on links and controls;
  • can be navigated by keyboard, and the language menu works without JavaScript;
  • uses text colors with a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against the background;
  • gives informative images a text alternative and hides decorative ones from screen readers;
  • declares the language of each page, and of each link to another language;
  • respects the system preference to reduce motion.

Known limitations

  • The live map is visual. Trains and stations have VoiceOver labels, but exploring a map with a screen reader is slow. Timetables, stations and alerts are also available on list screens; the live position of trains is shown only on the map.
  • The app is shown in portrait orientation only.
  • Renfe publishes its notices in Spanish, and automatic translations may be inaccurate.
  • The website only has a dark theme.
  • The app screenshots on the website have a short description, which does not reproduce all of their text.
  • The demo video is on YouTube: its player and captions depend on that platform.

How we assessed this

This statement is based on an internal review of the app and the website by their developer. It has not been through an external audit, so we do not claim formal conformance with any standard.

Tell us about any barrier

If you come across a barrier in Rail or on this website, or need its content in another format, write to support@jadehorizonstudio.com with the subject “Accessibility”. It helps us to know which screen or page it was, what assistive technology you use (for example VoiceOver or a particular text size) and your iPhone model and iOS version. We will reply as soon as we can and tell you what we are going to do.

Continuous improvement

We take accessibility into account in every change to the app and the website, and we will update this statement when anything it describes changes.