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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-2.1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/3066",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2.1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Infrastructure\n(2.1.1) Safety\nAppropriate steps must be taken to prevent access to or undesirable intrusions into installations.\nSteps must be taken to limit the dangers to which persons are exposed, particularly when trains pass through stations.\nInfrastructure to which the public has access must be designed and made in such a way as to limit any human safety hazards (stability, fire, access, evacuation, platforms, etc.).\nAppropriate provisions must be laid down to take account for the particular safety conditions in very long tunnels and viaducts.\n(2.1.2) Accessibility\n(2.1.2.1) Infrastructure subsystems to which the public has access must be accessible to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in accordance with paragraph 1.6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12))"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:33.800983+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."
}