Explanatory note

This Order authorises the use of the vehicle known as the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, 4 wheel, 5 compartment, 3rd Class Carriage, Southern Railway No. 2515 on the Isle of Wight Railway between Smallbrook Junction and Wootton even though it does not comply with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2456, amended by S.I.2000/3215) because:

• the colour of the exterior doors does not contrast with that of the vehicle body;

• no audible warning device is fitted to passenger doorways;

• the treads of the steps for use by passengers at the external doorways are not covered in slip-resistant material and do not have a band of colour on the front edge;

• the rear of the steps used by passengers at the external doorways is not closed by a vertical riser;

• the steps used by passengers at external doorways are not illuminated;

• the floor across the width of the doorways is not appropriately marked;

• the requirements for the provision of priority seats have not been fully satisfied;

• there is no handrail on the interior side of the external passenger doorways;

• the external handrails are not of the required diameter;

• the radius of the surface of the external handrails inside the curves is less than is permitted;

• more force than is permitted is required to operate the door handles;

• there is no passenger information system;

• the wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device of the required specification; and

• the wheelchair symbol is not displayed as required next to the wheelchair space or beside the wheelchair compatible doorway.