# Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations

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{{Short description|UK Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 432}}
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| 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](/source/SI_2010)/432
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| si_made_date          = 23 February 2010
| si_laid_date          = 1 March 2010
| commencement          = 6 April 2010
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| replaces              = {{ubli|[Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998](/source/Rail_Vehicle_Accessibility_Regulations_1998)|[Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Amendment) Regulations 2000](/source/Rail_Vehicle_Accessibility_(Amendment)_Regulations_2000)}}
| primary_legislation   = {{ubli|[Disability Discrimination Act 1995](/source/Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995)|[European Communities Act 1972](/source/European_Communities_Act_1972_(UK))|[Transport Act 2000](/source/Transport_Act_2000)}}
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/432/contents/made
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| UK-LEG_title          = Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010
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[[File:Supertram at Hillsborough Park, 2006.jpg|thumb|[Sheffield Supertram](/source/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](/source/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](/source/legislation.gov.uk)}}</ref> (commonly known as RVAR 2010) is a [statutory instrument](/source/Statutory_instrument_(UK)) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). It aims to set standards designed to improve accessibility for [disabled people](/source/disabled_people) on [light rail passenger vehicles](/source/light_rail_vehicles).

It came into force on 6 April 2010. The instrument exercises powers conferred by the [Disability Discrimination Act 1995](/source/Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995).  It revokes and replaces the [Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998](/source/Rail_Vehicle_Accessibility_Regulations_1998) ([SI 1998](/source/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](/source/accessibility) for disabled people on light rail vehicle systems for passengers, including [metro](/source/Metro_(rapid_transit)), underground and [tram](/source/tram) systems, which are not subject to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006 ([PRM-TSI](/source/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](/source/Main_line_(railway)).

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](/source/Wheelchair_ramp)
* Catering
* Doors
* Door controls
* Door handles
* Exterior doorways and through routes
* Interior doorways
* Floors
* Handholds
* [Handrails](/source/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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Category:Statutory instruments of the United Kingdom
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