Metro-impaired access is a’shame’ for Paralympics Paris.

A top French disability charity has declared it “absolutely scandalous” that more has not been done to improve accessibility on Paris’s subterranean rail network ahead of the Paralympics.

APF France Handicap stated that the Metro was a “big black spot” in the city’s Paralympic heritage.

The president of the International Paralympic Committee acknowledged the “frustration” but cited “massive investment” in the city’s buses.

French wheelchair users told the news that the Metro’s lack of accessibility was a source of “shame”.

Before Paris was awarded the Games in 2017, promoters promised “accessible infrastructure and attitudes befitting the most visited country on Earth”.