2012 No. 105
Disabled Persons
Transport

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines S7 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 183(1), (2), (4)(b) and (5), and 207(1) and (4) of the Equality Act 20101.
In accordance with section 183(4) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee2 and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
In accordance with section 184(1), (2) and (3) of that Act and regulation 5(2) of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Exemption Orders (Parliamentary Procedures) Regulations 20083 and having had regard to representations by the Disabled Persons Advisory Committee after consultation under s184(2) of that Act, the Secretary of State has decided that this Order is to be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines S7 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 and comes into force on 13th February 2012.

Interpretation2.

(1)

In this Order—

“Circle Line” means the London Underground route between Hammersmith and Edgware Road stations, via Liverpool Street station;

“District Line” means the London Underground route between Ealing Broadway, Richmond, Wimbledon, Kensington (Olympia), Edgware Road and Upminster stations;

“exempt vehicle” means a rail vehicle of the type known as Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines Tube Stock (S7) and with a number in the series 21301 to 21566, 22301 to 22566, 24301 to 24566, an even number in the series 23388 to 23566, or an even number in the series 25302 to 25386;

“Hammersmith & City Line” means the London Underground route between Hammersmith and Barking stations, via Paddington station;

“wheelchair space vehicle” means a rail vehicle of the type known as Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines Tube Stock (S7) and with a number in the series 24301 to 24566;

“step-free access” means access to a station platform from an entrance of that station without the use of stairs or escalators.

(2)

In this Order, a reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to that paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 20104.

Exemptions relating to facilities for disabled persons3.

Subject to articles 5 and 6, an exempt vehicle is authorised to be used for carriage on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines even it does not conform with, or if it is used in a manner that does not conform with the requirements of—

(a)

paragraph 3(5)(b) (audible warning before door closes), but only in respect of the period of time for which the distinct sound must be emitted before the door starts to close;

(b)

paragraph 4(2) (illumination of control devices for doors), but only in respect of the period of time between the control device ceasing to be illuminated and the door starting to close;

(c)

paragraph 11(5) (passenger information when vehicle is stationary at a station), but only in so far as it applies to the systems inside the vehicle.

Exemptions relating to facilities for disabled persons in wheelchairs4.

Subject to article 6, a wheelchair space vehicle is authorised to be used for carriage on the London Underground, even if it is used in a manner that does not conform with paragraph 1(1) (the boarding device requirement), but only insofar as the vehicle is stationary at a station platform at Turnham Green, or at a station platform named in tables 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 1.

Conditions5.

(1)

The exemption in relation to the requirement set out in paragraph 3(5)(b) only applies if the audible warning device emits a distinct sound which is different from that emitted when the doors are opening and which commences at least 1.75 seconds before the doors start to close.

(2)

The exemption in relation to the requirement set out in paragraph 4(2) only applies if the illumination of each control device ceases not less than 1.75 seconds before the doors start to close.

(3)

The exemption in relation to the requirement set out in paragraph 11(5) only applies to a vehicle that is stationary at a station named in Schedule 2, at a platform indicated against its name, and travelling in the direction also indicated against its name, and only if—

(a)

whilst the vehicle is stationary at a station named in that Schedule, the systems inside the vehicle are used to announce which line the vehicle is travelling on and at least one of the following items of information—

(i)

the destination of the vehicle;

(ii)

the next stop;

(b)

where no announcement is made at a station as to the destination of a vehicle or its next stop, that information is provided after leaving the station and before the vehicle stops at the next station.

Expiry6.

(1)

The exemption from paragraph 1(1) expires—

(a)

in relation to a station platform named in table 1 in Schedule 1, at the end of 31st December 2017;

(b)

in relation to a station platform named in table 2 in Schedule 1, when step-free access is provided to that station platform;

(c)

in relation to station platform 4 at Turnham Green, either—

(i)

when step-free access is provided to that station platform, or

(ii)

when that platform can be accessed, without the use of stairs or escalators, from a vehicle which meets the requirements of paragraph 1(1), and which is stationary at a station platform on the Piccadilly Line at Turnham Green,

(iii)

whichever is sooner.

(2)

The exemptions from the requirements set out in paragraphs 3(5)(b), 4(2) and 11(5) expire at the end of 31st December 2016.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 4 and 6(1)

Table 1 Station platforms at which the exemption from paragraph 1(1) will apply until the end of 31st December 2017

Station

Platform

Ealing Broadway

7

Ealing Broadway

8

Ealing Broadway

9

Table 2 Station platforms at which the exemption from paragraph 1(1) will apply until there is step-free access

Station

Platform

Bayswater

1

Bayswater

2

Becontree

1

Becontree

2

Bromley-by-Bow

1

Bromley-by-Bow

2

Dagenham East

1

Gloucester Road

1

Goldhawk Road

1

High Street Kensington

1

Hornchurch

1

Hornchurch

2

Ladbroke Grove

1

Ladbroke Grove

2

Latimer Road

1

Latimer Road

2

Notting Hill Gate

1

Plaistow

1

Putney Bridge

1

Shepherd’s Bush Market

1

Shepherd’s Bush Market

2

Stepney Green

1

Stepney Green

2

Upminster Bridge

1

Upminster Bridge

2

Upton Park

1

Westbourne Park

1

Westbourne Park

2

Table 3 Other station platforms at which the exemption from paragraph 1(1) will apply

Station

Platform

Acton Town

1

Acton Town

2

Acton Town

3

Acton Town

4

Aldgate

1

Aldgate

2

Aldgate

3

Aldgate

4

Baker Street

1

Baker Street

2

Baker Street

3

Baker Street

4

Baker Street

5

Bow Road

1

Bow Road

2

Cannon Street

1

Cannon Street

2

Chiswick Park

1

Chiswick Park

2

Ealing Common

1

Ealing Common

2

East Putney

1

East Putney

2

Edgware Road (Hammersmith & City Line)

1

Edgware Road (Hammersmith & City Line)

2

Edgware Road (Hammersmith & City Line)

3

Edgware Road (Hammersmith & City Line)

4

Farringdon

1

Farringdon

2

Fulham Broadway

1

Fulham Broadway

2

Great Portland Street

1

Great Portland Street

2

Gunnersbury

1

Gunnersbury

2

Hammersmith (District Line)

2

Hammersmith (District Line)

3

Kensington Olympia

1

Kew Gardens

2

Mansion House

1

Mansion House

3

Monument

1

Monument

3

Notting Hill Gate

2

Paddington (Circle Line)

1

Plaistow

2

Plaistow

3

Putney Bridge

3

Ravenscourt Park

1

Ravenscourt Park

2

Ravenscourt Park

3

Ravenscourt Park

4

Sloane Square

1

Sloane Square

2

St James’s Park

1

St James’s Park

2

Stamford Brook

1

Stamford Brook

2

Stamford Brook

3

Temple

1

Temple

2

Tower Hill

1

Tower Hill

2

Tower Hill

3

Turnham Green

2

Turnham Green

3

Upton Park

2

Victoria

1

Victoria

2

West Brompton

1

Westminster

1

Westminster

2

Wimbledon Park

1

Wimbledon Park

2

Wood Lane

1

Wood Lane

2

SCHEDULE 2

Article 5(3)

Station platforms at which the exemption from paragraph 11(5) will apply

Station

Platform

Direction of travel

Aldgate

1

Southbound and clockwise

Aldgate

4

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Aldgate East

2

Eastbound

Baker Street

5

Eastbound and clockwise

Barbican

1

Southbound and clockwise

Barbican

2

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Barking

1a

Eastbound

Barking

2

Eastbound

Barking

6

Westbound

Barons Court

1

Westbound

Barons Court

4

Eastbound

Bayswater

1

Anti-clockwise

Bayswater

2

Clockwise

Becontree

1

Westbound

Becontree

2

Eastbound

Blackfriars

1

Westbound and clockwise

Blackfriars

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Bow Road

1

Westbound

Bow Road

2

Eastbound

Bromley-by-Bow

1

Westbound

Bromley-by-Bow

2

Eastbound

Cannon Street

1

Westbound and clockwise

Cannon Street

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Chiswick Park

1

Westbound

Chiswick Park

2

Eastbound

Dagenham East

1

Westbound

Dagenham East

2

Eastbound

Dagenham Heathway

1

Westbound

Dagenham Heathway

2

Eastbound

Ealing Common

2

Eastbound

East Ham

1

Westbound

East Ham

2

Eastbound

East Putney

1

Eastbound

East Putney

2

Westbound

Edgware Road (Hammersmith & City Line)

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Elm Park

1

Westbound

Elm Park

2

Eastbound

Embankment

1

Westbound and clockwise

Embankment

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Euston Square

1

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Euston Square

2

Southbound and clockwise

Farringdon

1

Southbound and clockwise

Farringdon

2

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Fulham Broadway

1

Westbound

Fulham Broadway

2

Eastbound

Gloucester Road

3

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Goldhawk Road

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Goldhawk Road

2

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Great Portland Street

1

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Great Portland Street

2

Southbound and clockwise

Gunnersbury

1

Southbound

Gunnersbury

2

Northbound

Hammersmith (District Line)

3

Eastbound

Hammersmith (District Line)

4

Eastbound

High Street Kensington

2

Clockwise

Hornchurch

1

Westbound

Hornchurch

2

Eastbound

Kew Gardens

1

Southbound

Kew Gardens

2

Northbound

King’s Cross

1

Northbound and anti-clockwise

King’s Cross

2

Southbound and clockwise

Ladbroke Grove

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Ladbroke Grove

2

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Latimer Road

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Latimer Road

2

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Liverpool Street

2

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Mansion House

1

Westbound and clockwise

Mansion House

3

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Mile End

2

Westbound

Mile End

3

Eastbound

Monument

1

Westbound and clockwise

Monument

3

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Moorgate

1

Southbound and clockwise

Moorgate

2

Northbound and anti-clockwise

Notting Hill Gate

1

Anti-clockwise

Notting Hill Gate

2

Clockwise

Paddington (Circle Line)

1

Anti-clockwise

Paddington (Circle Line)

2

Clockwise

Paddington (Hammersmith & City Line)

15

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Paddington (Hammersmith & City Line)

16

Eastbound and clockwise

Parsons Green

1

Westbound

Parsons Green

2

Eastbound

Plaistow

1

Westbound

Plaistow

2

Eastbound

Putney Bridge

1

Eastbound

Putney Bridge

3

Westbound

Ravenscourt Park

1 and 2

Westbound

Ravenscourt Park

3 and 4

Eastbound

Royal Oak

1

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Royal Oak

2

Eastbound and clockwise

Shepherd’s Bush Market

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Shepherd’s Bush Market

2

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Sloane Square

1

Westbound and clockwise

Sloane Square

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

South Kensington

1

Westbound and clockwise

South Kensington

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Southfields

1

Eastbound

Southfields

2

Westbound

St James’s Park

1

Westbound and clockwise

St James’s Park

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Stamford Brook

1 and 2

Westbound

Stamford Brook

3

Eastbound

Stepney Green

1

Westbound

Stepney Green

2

Eastbound

Temple

1

Westbound and clockwise

Temple

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Tower Hill

1

Westbound and clockwise

Upminster Bridge

1

Westbound

Upminster Bridge

2

Eastbound

Upney

1

Westbound

Upney

2

Eastbound

Upton Park

1

Westbound

Upton Park

2

Eastbound

Victoria

1

Westbound and clockwise

Victoria

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

West Brompton

1

Westbound

West Brompton

2

Eastbound

West Ham

1

Westbound

West Ham

2

Eastbound

West Kensington

1

Westbound

West Kensington

2

Eastbound

Westbourne Park

1

Westbound and anti-clockwise

Westbourne Park

2

Eastbound and clockwise

Westminster

1

Westbound and clockwise

Westminster

2

Eastbound and anti-clockwise

Whitechapel

1

Eastbound

Whitechapel

2

Westbound

Wimbledon Park

1

Eastbound

Wimbledon Park

2

Westbound

Wood Lane

1

Eastbound and clockwise

Wood Lane

2

Westbound and anti-clockwise

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order exempts certain rail vehicles of the type S7 from the specified requirements of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 where the vehicles are used on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines or at specified station platforms on these Lines.

The Order exempts the vehicles (articles 3 and 4) from requirements relating to:

(a)

the length of the audible warning of doors closing;

(b)

the period of time between when the door control device ceases to be illuminated and when the door starts to close;

(c)

the information provided to passengers inside the passenger saloons whilst stationary at the stations and platforms listed in Schedule 2;

(d)

fitting a boarding device to open doorways of vehicles which are required to contain wheelchair spaces (“wheelchair space vehicles”), when these have stopped at certain platforms listed in Schedule 1.

The exemptions are subject to conditions (article 5).

The exemption from the requirement to fit a boarding device to the doorways of wheelchair space vehicles when such vehicles stop at certain station platforms is also time limited (article 6). Specifically, this exemption extends to:

(a)

31st December 2017 (in relation to vehicles stopping at the station platforms listed in table 1, Schedule 1);

(b)

such time as there is step-free access to the station platform from a station exit, (in relation to vehicles stopping at the station platforms listed in table 2, Schedule 1); and

(c)

in relation to platform 4 at Turnham Green, such time as there is either such step free access to that platform, or there is step-free access to that platform from a wheelchair accessible vehicle on the Piccadilly line at the same station.

In respect of vehicles stopping at the station platforms listed in Table 3 Schedule 1, this exemption is without limitation of time but the Secretary of State may revoke this exemption by Order.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.uk.