Source: https://www.govregs.com/regulations/title36_chapterXI_part1192_subpartF_section1192.113
Timestamp: 2020-08-10 22:08:40
Document Index: 208070550

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192', '§ 1192']

36 CFR 1192.113 - Doorways. § 1192.113 - Doorways.
§ 1192.113 - Doorways.
(a) Clear width. (1) At least one doorway, on each side of the car from which passengers board, of each car required to be accessible by § 1192.111(a) and where the spaces required by § 1192.111(d) are located, and at least one adjacent doorway into coach passenger compartments shall have a minimum clear opening width of 32 inches.
(b) Passaway. Doorways required to be accessible by paragraph (a) of this section shall permit access by persons using mobility aids and shall have an unobstructed passageway at least 32 inches wide leading to an accessible sleeping compartment complying with § 1192.127 or seating locations complying with § 1192.125(d). In cars where such doorways require passage through a vestibule, such vestibule shall have a minimum width of 42 inches. (see Fig. 4)
(d) Coordination with boarding platforms - (1) Requirements. Cars which provide level-boarding in stations with high platforms shall be coordinated with the boarding platform or mini-high platform design such that the horizontal gap between a car at rest and the platform shall be no greater than 3 inches and the height of the car floor shall be within plus or minus 5/8 inch of the platform height. Vertical alignment may be accomplished by car air suspension, platform lifts or other devices, or any combination.
(2) Exception. New cars operating in existing stations may have a floor height within plus or minus 1 1/2 inches of the platform height.
(3) Exception. Where platform set-backs do not allow the horizontal gap or vertical alignment specified in paragraph (d) (1) or (2) of this section, platform or portable lifts complying with § 1192.125(b), or car or platform bridge plates, complying with § 1192.125(c), may be provided.