[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR38.51]

[Page 558-559]
 
                        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 Sec. Sec.  38.55, 38.57(b), 38.59 of this part and shall have, in 
new and key stations, at least one door complying with Sec. Sec.  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.