The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) (Boarding Devices) Exemption Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1931
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) (Boarding Devices) Exemption Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st September 2013.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In this Order—

“Metropolitan Line” means the London Underground route between Aldgate and Amersham, Chesham, Watford and Uxbridge Stations;

“MS exempt vehicle” means a rail vehicle of the type known as Metropolitan Line 2010 Tube Stock (S8) and with a number in the series 24001 to 24116;

“Piccadilly Line” means the London Underground route between Cockfosters and Uxbridge and Heathrow Terminal 5 stations, including the Terminal 4 loop at Heathrow;

“pre-1999 vehicle” means a rail vehicle to which regulation 4 of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 applies;

“step-free access” means access from the station entrance to the platform level 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 2010.

Section 3 Exemption

(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 a MS exempt vehicle is authorised to be used for carriage on the Metropolitan Line even if it is used in a manner that does not conform with the requirements of paragraph 1(1) (boarding devices at wheelchair compatible doorways), but only in so far as the vehicle is stationary at a station platform named in a table in the Schedule.

(2) The exemption from paragraph 1(1) expires—

(a) in relation to a station platform named in table 1 in the Schedule, at the end of the day indicated against its name;

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

(c) in relation to a station platform named in table 3 in the Schedule, at the earlier of the dates—

(i) when that platform can safely be accessed by a disabled person using a wheelchair from a pre-1999 vehicle which is providing a service on the Piccadilly Line at that station; or

(ii) when step-free access is provided to all platforms at that station.

(3) The exemption from paragraph 1(1) does not expire in relation to a station platform named in table 4 in the Schedule.

Section 4 Consequential provisions

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2010 is amended as follows—

(a) in article 4 for “articles 5 and 6” substitute “article 5”;

(b) articles 4(b), 6(2) and Schedule 1 are omitted.

Section 5 Consequential provisions

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) (London Underground Metropolitan Line S8 Vehicles) Exemption Order 2011 is revoked.