Application of Regulations
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(1) These Regulations apply to any premises where
(a) the premises are used as a railway station;
(b) members of the public have access to the premises (whether on payment or otherwise); and
(c) there is a railway platform in the premises which is an enclosed underground platform.
(2) A railway platform is an enclosed platform if the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent are situated wholly or mainly in a tunnel or wholly or mainly within or under any building.
(3) A railway platform is an underground platform if the level of the roof or ceiling immediately above the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent is below the level of the surface of the ground adjacent to any exit from the railway station providing a means of escape from the station in case of fire.
(4) A railway platform is situated mainly in a tunnel or mainly within or under a building if the platform and the permanent way to which it is adjacent are covered by any part of a tunnel or building for more than half the length of the platform.
Interpretation/Application
This provision describes where the 2009 Regulations apply. In effect they apply to all railway stations to which members of the public have access, if there is at least one enclosed underground platform.
The definition of an enclosed underground platform is a platform which is both enclosed and underground.
Each platform should be assessed separately and if any one platform is both enclosed and underground, the entire station premises will come within the remit of the 2009 Regulations.
A platform (in the context of the 2009 Regulations) is defined as:
- an enclosed platform if the platform and the track are:
- Fully or partially in a tunnel; or,
- Fully or mainly within or under a building.
- an underground platform if the roof or ceiling immediately above the platform and the track are below the ground level of any fire exit being in a tunnel or within or under a building if more than half the length of the platform and adjacent track are covered by a tunnel or building