The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Croydon Tramlink Class CR4000 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises the use of specified rail vehicles of Bombardier class CR4000, although they do not conform with certain requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 because:

doorway warning sounds cannot be heard outside the vehicle;

• warnings are emitted whenever the passenger doors in the sides of vehicles are closed;

• the seat cushions of priority seats do not comply with the minimum width requirement;

• the request-stop controls on handrails beside priority seats are below the minimum required height above the floor;

• the “Stopping” signs are in capital letters only;

• the next stop is not announced while the tram is travelling to that stop;

• the external visual information system uses capital letters only;

• there is no internal visual information system;

• the internal audible information system will be used only to announce delays, diversions or emergencies;

• the wheelchair space does not have a structure or fitting to prevent a wheelchair moving or tipping;

• the floor adjacent to the wheelchair compatible doorway has a 6 per cent slope.

It sets time limits on the authorisation and imposes conditions.