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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order exempts certain rail vehicles of the type 95TS from the specified requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 where the vehicles are used on the Northern Line or at specified station platforms on that Line.

This Order includes exemptions which will apply to vehicles used on the Northern Line extension authorised by the London Underground (Northern Line Extension) Order 2014 at specified stations on the route authorised by that Order, once the extension becomes operational.

The Order exempts, subject to conditions, (articles 3 to 6) specified vehicles from requirements relating to:

  1. a)

    fitting a wheelchair boarding device to the open doorways of carriages where wheelchair spaces have been provided;

  2. b)

    fitting of a contrasting coloured strip on the floor threshold of doorways; and

  3. c)

    the information provided to passengers inside the vehicle whilst stationary at the stations and platforms listed in Schedule 2.

The wheelchair boarding device exemption applies to the second carriage in any train at all stations when the train is travelling in a northerly direction. It applies to the fifth carriage when the train is travelling in a southerly direction, again at all stations. All carriages in a train where wheelchair spaces have been provided are also exempted, irrespective of the direction of travel, at platforms and stations named in Schedule 1 (article 4). In the case of those stations listed in tables 1 and 2 of Schedule 1, the exemptions are time limited; in case of those listed in table 3 of that Schedule there is no limit of time (as is also the case for the exemptions relating to the fitting of a contrasting coloured floor strip and the information provided to passengers inside the vehicle), but the Secretary of State may revoke the relevant exemptions by Order (articles 5, 6 and 7 and Schedule 1).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.uk.