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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010/schedule-1/part-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010/schedule-1/part-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/432",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-non-interoperable-rail-system-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Boarding devices",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), when a wheelchair-compatible doorway in a rail vehicle is open at a platform at a station, or at a stop, a boarding device must be fitted by the operator between that doorway and the platform, or the stop, if a disabled person in a wheelchair wishes to use that doorway.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the gap between the edge of the door sill of the wheelchair-compatible doorway and the platform, or stop, is not more than 75 millimetres measured horizontally and not more than 50 millimetres measured vertically.\n(3) No boarding device other than a lift or ramp may be used.\n(4) If a rail vehicle is fitted with a lift the following requirements must be complied with—\n(a) 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;\n(b) the lift-platform must be capable of supporting a weight of not less than 300 kilograms (excluding its own weight);\n(c) the lift-platform must be marked on its upper surface by a strip of colour which must—\n(i) abut all the edges of the lift-platform surface;\n(ii) be not less than 50 millimetres wide; and\n(iii) contrast with the remainder of the lift-platform surface;\n(d) 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);\n(e) the lift-platform surface must be slip-resistant;\n(f) the lift-platform must not travel up or down at a speed in excess of 150 millimetres per second;\n(g) the lift-platform must rest on the surface of the platform or stop when it has been fully lowered;\n(h) 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;\n(i) 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;\n(j) the lift must only be operated by the operator of the rail vehicle;\n(k) the operator of the rail vehicle must provide assistance to a disabled person in a wheelchair wishing to use the lift;\n(l) if the lift is power operated it must also be operable manually if the power-operation fails; and\n(m) it must not be operable unless the rail vehicle has stopped at a station or stop.\n(5) If the boarding device is a ramp, the following requirements must be complied with—\n(a) when in use it must be fixed securely to the rail vehicle;\n(b) it must be not less than 800 millimetres wide and not wider than the opening of the wheelchair-compatible doorway;\n(c) 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;\n(d) the protective rims must be coloured on each side with the same colour as that of the strip of colour required under paragraph (g);\n(e) it must be capable of supporting a weight of not less than 300 kilograms (excluding its own weight);\n(f) when in use its outer end must rest securely on the surface of the platform or stop;\n(g) it must be marked on its upper surface by a strip of colour which must—\n(i) abut all the edges of its surface;\n(ii) be not less than 50 millimetres wide; and\n(iii) contrast with the remainder of its surface;\n(h) its surface must be slip-resistant; and\n(i) 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.\n(6) If a rail vehicle is fitted with a power operated ramp the following requirements must be complied with, in addition to those indicated in sub-paragraph (5)—\n(a) 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;\n(b) 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;\n(c) the ramp must be incapable of movement if the surface of the ramp is subjected to a load of 15 kilograms or more;\n(d) the ramp must not be operable unless the rail vehicle has stopped at a station or stop; and\n(e) 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.\n(7) A lift or ramp which is carried by a rail vehicle and which is not in use must be fixed securely to the vehicle so that it does not endanger the safety of persons in that vehicle.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(1) excluded (temp. from 30.9.2015 until the end of 29.9.2025) by The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (B2007 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1631), arts. 1, 3-6, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/432/schedule/1/part/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:51:49.835993+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."
}