{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2456",
  "legislation_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rail-vehicle-accessibility-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Floors",
  "text": "The floors of areas used by passengers in a regulated rail vehicle shall comply with the following requirements:\n(a) all floors shall be slip-resistant;\n(b) the floor of a vestibule adjoining a doorway in the side of a vehicle shall contrast with the adjacent floor in the passenger saloon of that vehicle;\n(c) the floor across the width of the doorway between the jambs shall be marked by a strip which shall contrast with the adjoining floor surface, run parallel to the edge of the door sill, be not less than 50 millimetres broad measured from the edge nearer that door sill to the edge further from it and be not more than 100 millimetres from that door sill measured from the edge of that door sill to the edge of the strip further from that door sill.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/955",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (CrossCountry Trains Class 220 and Class 221) Exemption Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1436",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Furness Railway Trust North London Coach) Exemption Order 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/955",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (CrossCountry Trains Class 220 and Class 221) Exemption Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/954",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Midland Mainline Class 222 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "excl in pt (temp) (until 28.2.2007)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/86",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Heathrow Express Class 360/2) Exemption Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "restr in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1694",
      "affecting_title": "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Isle of Wight Railway LCDR No. 2515 Vehicle) Exemption Order 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2456/regulation/7",
    "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."
}