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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2016

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2016

RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2016
(14 Sep 2016, 1:49 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote What are you banging on about.  The presence (or in this case absence) of grab poles is tangible.

According to text quoted from the DDA thread, the following spec needs following:

Gangways
Width of no less than 450mm upto a height of 1400mm from floor
Width of no less than 550mm at heights above 1400mm from floor
Vertical handrails must be provided along at least one side of gangway, at intervals of not less than 1050mm
Horizontal handrail from the door area to the priority seats, at a height between 800mm-900mm with minimum gaps where possible

Handrails
Horizontal handrail must be provided between 800mm-900mm from the ground on both sides
Horizontal handrail at intervals not more than 300mm from the door area to the designated wheelchair space
Handrails must have a diameter of not less than 30mm, not more than 35mm
No less than 45mm between the handrail and any other part of the vehicle
Contrasting colour

I haven't been on the vehicles in question. I can only go on what has been said here.
Presumably they do meet the spec (or will do in January).
'Illegitimis non carborundum'

RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - September 2016