[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR38.51]

[Page 548-549]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          SUBTITLE A--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 38--AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCESSIBILITY SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Rapid Rail Vehicles and Systems
 
Sec. 38.51  General.


    (a) New, used and remanufactured rapid rail vehicles, to be 
considered accessible by regulations in part 37 of this title, shall 
comply with this subpart.
    (b) If portions of the vehicle are modified in a way that affects or 
could affect accessibility, each such portion shall comply, to the 
extent practicable, with the applicable provisions of this subpart. This 
provision does not require that inaccessible vehicles be retrofitted 
with lifts, ramps or other boarding devices.
    (c) Existing vehicles which are retrofitted to comply with the 
``one-car-per-train rule'' of Sec. 37.93 of this title shall comply with 
Secs. 38.55, 38.57(b), 38.59 of this part and shall have, in new and key 
stations, at least one door complying with Secs. 38.53 (a)(1), (b) and 
(d) of this part. Removal of seats is not required. Vehicles previously 
designed and manufactured in accordance with the accessibility 
requirements of part 609 of this title or the Secretary of 
Transportation regulations implementing section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that were in effect before October 7, 1991, 
and which can be entered and used from stations in which they are to be 
operated, may be

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used to satisfy the requirements of Sec. 37.93 of this title.