{{Short description|UK Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 432}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 | type = Statutory Instrument | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | year = 2010 | citation = SI 2010/432 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | si_made_date = 23 February 2010 | si_laid_date = 1 March 2010 | commencement = 6 April 2010 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = {{ubli|Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998|Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000}} | primary_legislation = {{ubli|Disability Discrimination Act 1995|European Communities Act 1972|Transport Act 2000}} | eu_directives = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/432/contents/made | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = yes | UK-LEG_title = Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 | collapsed = }} [[File:Supertram at Hillsborough Park, 2006.jpg|thumb|Sheffield Supertram vehicles have orange doors which contrast with the blue bodyside to comply with RVAR.]]
The '''Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010''' (SI 2010/432)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/432/pdfs/uksi_20100432_en.pdf |title=The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 |id=SI 2010 No. 432 |date=23 February 2010 |first=Chris |last=Mole |author-link=Chris Mole |website=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref> (commonly known as RVAR 2010) is a statutory instrument in the United Kingdom. It aims to set standards designed to improve accessibility for disabled people on light rail passenger vehicles.
It came into force on 6 April 2010. The instrument exercises powers conferred by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. It revokes and replaces the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2456).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.2470|title=Rail vehicle accessibility}}</ref>
==Applicability== RVAR 2010 sets standards designed to improve accessibility for disabled people on light rail vehicle systems for passengers, including metro, underground and tram systems, which are not subject to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006 (PRM-TSI).<ref>[http://www.dft.gov.uk/topics/access/rail/rail-vehicles/ Rail vehicles - Department for Transport]</ref><ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32008D0164:EN:NOT European Commission Decision (2008/164/EC) of 21 December 2007 concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to persons with reduced mobility in the trans-European conventional and high-speed rail system ]</ref> RVAR 2010 does not apply to main line rail systems.
The regulations apply to a rail vehicle (as defined by the instrument) that was first brought into service after 31 December 1998, except if it belongs to a class first brought into use before 1 January 1999.
==Regulated Features== RVAR 2010 covers the following areas of a rail vehicle:
* Boarding devices * Catering * Doors * Door controls * Door handles * Exterior doorways and through routes * Interior doorways * Floors * Handholds * Handrails * Passenger information * Request-stop controls * Seats * Steps * Toilets * Transparent surfaces * Wheelchair spaces
==Key means== The instrument aims to provide accessibility by ensuring that:
* exterior doors, steps, floors and handrails contrast strongly visually with adjacent areas of the vehicle. * door handles, door controls and request-stop controls can be used by the widest range of people. * handrails are provided at doorways, on seat backs and in toilets. * nominated doorways are accessible to wheelchairs. * wheelchair spaces and wide throughways to those spaces from the accessible doorways are provided. * interior glazed panels are clearly marked to aid visibility (or protected). * passenger information is clearly communicated, both visually and audibly. * toilets are provided that are accessible to disabled people, including wheelchair users. * seats are nominated that are accessible to disabled people. * catering facilities that are provided are accessible to all. * boarding devices are provided to allow wheelchair users to enter and leave the vehicle.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090921054759/http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/rail/vehicles/pubs/rva/rvareg1998/ Guidance on the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998]
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