Consultation outcome

RVAR exemption: London Underground Limited — Bakerloo Line

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 3 October 2019
• Last updated: 27 December 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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Bakerloo line exemption

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Bakerloo line explanatory note

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Detail of outcome

An administrative order was granted to London Underground Limited. This is subject to conditions and is time limited. It comes in to force on 1 January 2020.

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Original consultation

Summary

Rail accessibility exemption application by London Underground Limited for its Bakerloo Line trains.

This consultation ran from
3pm on 3 October 2019 to 11:30pm on 31 October 2019

Consultation description

The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 set standards for the accessibility features of a rail vehicle operated on particular types of rail systems. The Secretary of State has powers under section 183 of the Equality Act 2010 to allow operators of regulated rail vehicles to continue to operate a vehicle if it does not fully comply with the standards set in the schedules to these regulations.

We are seeking feedback on an application by London Underground Limited for an exemption to certain requirements of the regulations relating to the date from which the regulations apply.

This exemption would apply to existing trains on the line until December 2021 by which time the trains must have been upgraded to a level of targeted compliance. After this time the following exemptions would come into effect for the remaining life of the vehicles:

• the provision of manual boarding ramps
• the location of the interior door handrail
• the size of the interior handrail
• the audible announcements

Documents

RVAR Exemption application: LUL Bakerloo line

PDF, 535 KB, 16 pages

Letter from Mike Brown MVO TfL to Paul Maynard MP DfT

PDF, 5.83 MB, 3 pages

Published 3 October 2019
Last updated 27 December 2019 + show all updates

1. 27 December 2019

   Consultation outcome released.

2. 3 October 2019

   First published.