{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2456",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Wheelchair spaces",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below a regulated rail vehicle which does not form part of a train shall contain not less than one wheelchair space.\n(2) A tramcar with accommodation for 100 or more persons shall contain not less than two wheelchair spaces.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4) where a train consists of a number of regulated rail vehicles shown in column A there shall be in that train not less than the number of wheelchair spaces shown in column B opposite that number of vehicles;\nA\nB\n2 to 7 vehicles\n2 wheelchair spaces\n8 to 11 vehicles\n3 wheelchair spaces\n12 or more vehicles\n4 wheelchair spaces\n(4) Where one or more regulated rail vehicles in a train are provided for a different class of passenger accommodation from another regulated rail vehicle in that train there shall be not less than one wheelchair space in each class of passenger accommodation in that train.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "restr in pt (temp) (until 31.3.2005)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/847",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/770",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Gatwick Express Class 460 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "restr",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1687",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Festiniog Railway Company Vehicle Number 122) Exemption Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1436",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Furness Railway Trust North London Coach) Exemption Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2456/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:49.649417+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."
}