Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations

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Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010
Statutory Instrument
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Citation SI 2010/432
Dates
Made23 February 2010
Laid before Parliament1 March 2010
Commencement 6 April 2010
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Made under
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Sheffield Supertram vehicles have orange doors which contrast with the blue bodyside to comply with RVAR. Supertram at Hillsborough Park, 2006.jpg
Sheffield Supertram vehicles have orange doors which contrast with the blue bodyside to comply with RVAR.

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/432) [1] (commonly known as RVAR 2010) is a statutory instrument in the United Kingdom. It aims to set standards designed to improve accessibility for disabled people on light rail passenger vehicles.

Contents

It came into force on 6 April 2010. The instrument exercises powers conferred by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. It revokes and replaces the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2456). [2]

Applicability

RVAR 2010 sets standards designed to improve accessibility for disabled people on light rail vehicle systems for passengers, including metro, underground and tram systems, which are not subject to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006 (PRM-TSI). [3] [4] RVAR 2010 does not apply to main line rail systems.

The regulations apply to a rail vehicle (as defined by the instrument) that was first brought into service after 31 December 1998, except if it belongs to a class first brought into use before 1 January 1999.

Regulated Features

RVAR 2010 covers the following areas of a rail vehicle:

Key means

The instrument aims to provide accessibility by ensuring that:

References

  1. Mole, Chris (23 February 2010). "The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk . SI 2010 No. 432.
  2. "Rail vehicle accessibility".
  3. Rail vehicles - Department for Transport
  4. European Commission Decision (2008/164/EC) of 21 December 2007 concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to persons with reduced mobility in the trans-European conventional and high-speed rail system