{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-isle-of-wight-railway-lcdr-no-2515-vehicle-exemption-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-isle-of-wight-railway-lcdr-no-2515-vehicle-exemption-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1694",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Isle of Wight Railway LCDR No. 2515 Vehicle) Exemption Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-isle-of-wight-railway-lcdr-no-2515-vehicle-exemption-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis 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:\nthe colour of the exterior doors does not contrast with that of the vehicle body;\nno audible warning device is fitted to passenger doorways;\nthe 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;\nthe rear of the steps used by passengers at the external doorways is not closed by a vertical riser;\nthe steps used by passengers at external doorways are not illuminated;\nthe floor across the width of the doorways is not appropriately marked;\nthe requirements for the provision of priority seats have not been fully satisfied;\nthere is no handrail on the interior side of the external passenger doorways;\nthe external handrails are not of the required diameter;\nthe radius of the surface of the external handrails inside the curves is less than is permitted;\nmore force than is permitted is required to operate the door handles;\nthere is no passenger information system;\nthe wheelchair space is not fitted with a communication device of the required specification; and\nthe wheelchair symbol is not displayed as required next to the wheelchair space or beside the wheelchair compatible doorway.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1694/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:46.791445+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}