# The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (Blackpool Tramway) Exemption Order 2014, 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2660/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-blackpool-tramway-exemption-order-2014/article-3
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