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The Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998

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7.  The floors of areas used by passengers in a regulated rail vehicle shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)all floors shall be slip-resistant;

(b)the floor of a vestibule adjoining a doorway in the side of a vehicle shall contrast with the adjacent floor in the passenger saloon of that vehicle;

(c)the floor across the width of the doorway between the jambs shall be marked by a strip which shall contrast with the adjoining floor surface, run parallel to the edge of the door sill, be not less than 50 millimetres broad measured from the edge nearer that door sill to the edge further from it and be not more than 100 millimetres from that door sill measured from the edge of that door sill to the edge of the strip further from that door sill.

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