SCHEDULE 1ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
PART 1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Request-stop controls12
1
This paragraph applies if a rail vehicle is operated on a route with request-stops and is fitted with controls (“controls”) to enable passengers to indicate their wish for the vehicle to stop at one.
2
The controls must be located—
a
within reach of a person seated in a priority seat;
b
within reach of a person seated in a wheelchair in a wheelchair space; and
c
adjacent to at least every third row of seats.
3
The controls must be fitted at a height—
a
not less than 1150 millimetres;
b
not more than 1250 millimetres, if they are for the use of seated passengers; and
c
not more than 1500 millimetres, if they are for the use of other passengers;
as measured vertically from the floor of the vehicle to the centre of each control.
4
The surround of a control must contrast with the control and with the surface on which the surround is mounted.
5
The control must be operable by the palm of the hand exerting a force not exceeding 15 newtons.
6
When a control has been operated signs bearing the word “Stopping”, in which the first letter only must be a capital letter, must be illuminated and remain illuminated inside the vehicle, and inside any vehicles coupled to it, until they have stopped and one or more of their doors have opened.
7
Signs of the type required by sub-paragraph (6) must be viewable from any part of the passenger saloon of the vehicle.