Paragraph 1 Boarding devices

the lift-platform must be not less than 750 millimetres wide measured parallel to the side of the rail vehicle, and not less than 1200 millimetres long measured at a right angle to the side of the rail vehicle;

the lift-platform must be capable of supporting a weight of not less than 300 kilograms (excluding its own weight);

the lift-platform must be marked on its upper surface by a strip of colour which must—

any vertical sides of the lift-platform must be coloured with the same colour as that of the strip of colour required under paragraph (c);

the lift-platform surface must be slip-resistant;

the lift-platform must not travel up or down at a speed in excess of 150 millimetres per second;

the lift-platform must rest on the surface of the platform or stop when it has been fully lowered;

save when necessary to enable access to and egress from the lift, the lift-platform must, when in use, deploy a device with a height of not less than 100 millimetres measured from the surface of the lift-platform to prevent a wheelchair rolling off;

the lift-platform must be fitted with sensors capable of stopping its movement if it comes into contact with any thing or person whilst in motion;

the lift must only be operated by the operator of the rail vehicle;

the operator of the rail vehicle must provide assistance to a disabled person in a wheelchair wishing to use the lift;

if the lift is power operated it must also be operable manually if the power-operation fails; and

it must not be operable unless the rail vehicle has stopped at a station or stop.

when in use it must be fixed securely to the rail vehicle;

it must be not less than 800 millimetres wide and not wider than the opening of the wheelchair-compatible doorway;

it must have along each side which is not to be crossed by the wheelchair a protective rim with a height of not less than 50 millimetres measured from the surface of the ramp to prevent a wheelchair rolling off;

the protective rims must be coloured on each side with the same colour as that of the strip of colour required under paragraph (g);

it must be capable of supporting a weight of not less than 300 kilograms (excluding its own weight);

when in use its outer end must rest securely on the surface of the platform or stop;

it must be marked on its upper surface by a strip of colour which must—

its surface must be slip-resistant; and

the operator of the rail vehicle must provide assistance to a disabled person in a wheelchair wishing to use the ramp unless the gradient of the ramp above the horizontal plane is eight per cent or less.

if the ramp is to be operated by a disabled person in a wheelchair the control for the ramp must be adjacent to the wheelchair-compatible doorway, on both the outside and inside of the rail vehicle, and within reach of a person in a reference wheelchair;

the ramp must be fitted, along its outer end, with a sensor capable of stopping the movement of that ramp if it comes into contact with any thing or person whilst the ramp is in movement;

the ramp must be incapable of movement if the surface of the ramp is subjected to a load of 15 kilograms or more;

the ramp must not be operable unless the rail vehicle has stopped at a station or stop; and

the ramp must be operable manually if the power operation fails, and the operator of the rail vehicle must provide assistance to a disabled person in a wheelchair wishing to use the ramp in these circumstances.