Visit & explore London by train | Grand Central Rail

Student Central | Grand Central Rail

Sunderland Train Station | Train Times & Tickets | Grand Central Rail

Ticket offers | Grand Central Rail

Popular UK train routes and stations | Grand Central Rail

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Wakefield Train Station | Train Times & Tickets | Grand Central Rail

Railcards & Groupsave | Grand Central Rail

Advance train tickets online | Grand Central Rail

Multi-buy discount tickets | Grand Central Rail

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

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December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Visit & explore London by train \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/top-destinations/london	5
Student Central \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/student-discount	3
Sunderland Train Station \| Train Times & Tickets \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/stations/sunderland	3
Ticket offers \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/ticket-offers	3
Popular UK train routes and stations \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes	3
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.grandcentralrail.com/	3
Wakefield Train Station \| Train Times & Tickets \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/stations/wakefield-kirkgate	3
Railcards & Groupsave \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/railcards	3
Advance train tickets online \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/book-in-advance-and-save-80	3
Multi-buy discount tickets \| Grand Central Railwww.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/multi-buy-tickets	3

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