Paragraph 6 Doorways (exterior) and through routes (wheelchair-compatible)
If a rail vehicle has a wheelchair space then each side of the vehicle which is used for the access and egress of passengers must have at least one passenger doorway which is a wheelchair-compatible doorway.
The width of the opening of a wheelchair-compatible doorway must be not less than 850 millimetres.
Subject to sub-paragraph (4), a sign conforming with diagram B in Schedule 2 must be marked on the exterior of the rail vehicle on at least one side of each wheelchair-compatible doorway, or on at least one door of each wheelchair-compatible doorway, in such a position that it will be visible both before and after the doors have opened.
Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to a rail vehicle operated exclusively on a network where, at all stations or stops, passengers waiting on platforms are separated from the track or way by screens or other barriers, provided a sign conforming with diagram B in Schedule 2 is marked—
on those doors of the screens or other barriers which give access to wheelchair-compatible doorways in rail vehicles when ready for boarding, or
on at least one side of those doors,
and is visible from the platform side both before and after those doors have opened.
The route between a wheelchair-compatible doorway and a wheelchair space must—
not have a step, or a slope with a gradient exceeding—
five per cent; or
provided the slope does not exceed 2000 millimetres in length, eight per cent;
as measured when the vehicle is on a straight and level track;
not be less than 850 millimetres wide at any point; and
provide a turning space adjacent to, or partly adjacent to and partly within, a wheelchair space for a disabled person in a reference wheelchair to turn the wheelchair around through one hundred and eighty degrees.