Vending machines providing tampons and sanitary pads will be at three stations, Network Rail says.
A trial scheme offering free period products to train passengers is being expanded in Birmingham.The scheme will also run at Snow Hill and Moor Street stations, said Network Rail, which will fund the project.
The products will be sustainable as they are made from bamboo and use chemical-free materials, free of toxins and bleach, it added. The move would help women and girls facing period poverty, Lucy Wootton, from the industry group Grand Railway Collaboration, said. "Ensuring free access to sanitary products for people out and about on the rail network is the right thing to do," she said.Lucy Wootton said giving free access to period products at the stations was "the right thing to do"With average periods lasting about five days,
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