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Andilien, travelling through stations without barriers

An app for travellers with disabilities or reduced mobility: check how accessible a station is, see if lifts and escalators are working, and get assistance from SNCF staff, booked ahead or right now.

Andilien app screens on two phones
Client
Transilien
Role
Product Designer
Year
2025

Context

For a traveller in a wheelchair, with a visual or hearing impairment, a cognitive disability, or simply pushing a stroller, a station is full of unknowns: is there step-free access, is the lift working today, will someone be there to help at the platform?

Andilien brings those answers together in a single app, and lets travellers ask SNCF staff for help, whether they plan their trip days in advance or need assistance on the spot.

Illustration of a diverse group of travellers: a person with a guide dog, an elderly person, a wheelchair user, a person on crutches, a traveller with luggage and a parent with a stroller

The challenge

Design for the people who are usually designed for last, and make the result simpler for everyone else too.

  • Serve very different needs (motor, visual, hearing, cognitive) in one coherent experience
  • Stay fully usable with screen readers, large text and other assistive settings
  • Make assistance requests reassuring, even when time is short and the traveller is already at the station
  • Ship on iPhone, iPad and Android, in French, English and Spanish

Five key features

The experience is built around five moments of the journey, from preparing the trip at home to getting on the train.

App screen: find out about the level of accessibility of each station
Check the accessibility level of each station
App screen: let us guide you to the station
Get guided to the station
App screen: book assistance to guarantee your next journey
Book assistance ahead of a journey
App screen: check the operating status of the equipment in real time
See lifts and escalators status in real time
App screen: request immediate assistance at the station
Request immediate assistance at the station

Inside the app

From the first launch to the station page, every screen answers one question at a time: can I get through this station, and who can help me if I need it?

Andilien launch screen with the app logo, the illustrated travellers and the Transilien and Île-de-France Mobilités logos
Launch screen
Welcome screen: sign in, create an account or continue without an account
Welcome: the app works with or without an account
Station page for Houilles - Carrières-sur-Seine: accessible with assistance, station accessibility, book assistance, equipment status and a guide button
Station page: accessibility level, assistance and equipment at a glance
Equipment status for Paris Gare de Lyon: list of lifts, each marked in service or out of service
Lifts and escalators, in service or out of service
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