The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Victoria Line 09TS Vehicles) Exemption Order 2008

Conditions

4.—(1) The exemption from regulation 4(3)(b) only applies if the audible warning device emits a different distinct sound commencing at least 1.75 seconds before the door starts to close.

(2) The exemption from regulation 13(4) only applies if—

(a) whilst the vehicle is stationary at a station, the systems inside the passenger saloon are used to announce that the vehicle is a Victoria Line train and at least one of the following items of information—

(i) the destination of the vehicle;

(ii) the next stop;

(b) where under paragraph (2)(a) no announcement is made at a station as to the destination of the vehicle, that information is provided after leaving the station and before the vehicle stops at the next station;

(c) where under paragraph (2)(a) no announcement is made at a station as to the next stop, that information is provided after leaving the station and before the vehicle stops at the next station.

(3) The exemption from regulation 13(7) only applies if—

(a) the system for visual announcements displays characters in a font which is used, as at the date this Order is made, in the digital font technology known as TrueType(1);

(b) all letters and numbers contrast with their background;

(c) all letters and numbers are consistent with the table in Schedule 1, so that—

(i) the height of upper case letters and numbers is at least the minimum height indicated in the relevant row of the second column of that table, and

(ii) the height of lower case letters is at least the minimum height indicated in the relevant row of the third column of that table,

where the relevant row is determined by the type of information displayed as indicated in the first column of that table; and

(d) the maximum viewing distance in a passenger saloon to the nearest visual announcement in the saloon is no greater than 3 metres.

(4) The exemption from regulation 23(1) only applies—

(a) in relation to a station named in the table in Schedule 2, until the end of the day indicated against its name in that table; and

(b) in relation to Pimlico station, until step-free access is provided at that station.

(1)

TrueType is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the United States of America and other countries.