# The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998, Regulation 17: Sleeping accommodation


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a regulated rail vehicle with sleeping accommodation for passengers shall have not less than one wheelchair-compatible sleeping compartment.
(2) If there is more than one regulated rail vehicle with sleeping accommodation for passengers in a train, there shall be not less than two wheelchair-compatible sleeping compartments in the train.
(3) The doorway into a wheelchair-compatible sleeping compartment and the space beside the bed in such a compartment shall not be less than 850 millimetres wide.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2456/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-17
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