# The Railway Safety Regulations 1999, Regulation 5: Prohibition of hinged doors


(1) No person shall operate, and no infrastructure controller shall permit the operation of any rolling stock on a railway if the rolling stock has hinged doors for use by passengers for boarding and alighting from the train (other than doors which have a means of centrally locking them in a closed position).
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to rolling stock which at the relevant time is being exclusively operated other than for the carriage of fare paying passengers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2244/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railway-safety-regulations-1999/regulation-5
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