Want to catch a train in the next hour? All you need to do is buy a ticket, turn up and go.
If I wanted to do the same, it wouldn't be possible. As it stands, EU law doesn't give me a right to travel by train when I want to. It is time to change the law.
Most people take their right to take the train for granted - I don't. But this week the EU Council are finalising their amendments on the EU rail passengers' rights regulation, will I get the same rights as other Europeans?
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Yannis Vardakastanis is president of the European Disability Forum.