Article 3 Exemptions relating to Fleet B tramcars

A Fleet B tramcar is authorised to be used for carriage on the Blackpool tramway even if it does not conform with the requirements of—

(a)

paragraph 9(1)(b) (handholds must have a slip-resistant surface);

(b)

paragraph 9(1)(e) (width of the cross-section of handholds);

(c)

paragraph 10(1)(b) (handrails in a tramcar must be at intervals of not more than 1050 millimetres in its longitudinal plane);

(d)

paragraph 12(2)(c) (request-stop controls must be adjacent to at least every third row of seats);

(e)

paragraph 14(1)(e) (steps must be illuminated);

(f)

paragraph 14(1)(f) (step height must be no greater than 200 millimetres);

(g)

paragraph 14(1)(g) (step depth must be no less than 300 millimetres); and

(h)

paragraph 18(2) (a tramcar which can accommodate 100 or more passengers must have at least 2 wheelchair spaces).