[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR238.113]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 238_PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Safety Planning and General Requirements

 

Sec. 238.113  Emergency window exits.



    (a) The following requirements apply on or after Novermber 8, 1999--

    (1) Each passenger car shall have a minimum of four emergency window 

exits, either in a staggered configuration where practical or with one 

exit located in each end of each side of the passenger car. If the 

passenger car has



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multiple levels, each main level shall have a minimum of four emergency 

window exits, either in a staggered configuration where practical or 

with one exit located in each end of each side on each level.

    (2) Each sleeping car, and any similarly designed car having a 

number of separate compartments intended to be occupied by passengers or 

train crewmembers, shall have at least one emergency window exit in each 

compartment.

    (3) Each emergency window exit shall be designed to permit rapid and 

easy removal from the inside of the car during an emergency situation 

without requiring the use of a tool or other implement.

    (b) Each emergency window exit in a passenger car, including a 

sleeper car, ordered on or after September 8, 2000, or placed in service 

for the first time on or after September 9, 2002, shall have an 

unobstructed opening with minimum dimensions of 26 inches horizontally 

by 24 inches vertically. A seat back is not an obstruction if it can be 

moved away from the window opening without requiring the use of a tool 

or other implement.

    (c) Emergency window exits shall be marked, and instructions 

provided for their use, as required by Sec. 223.9(d) of this chapter.



[64 25660, May 12, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 19990, Apr. 23, 2002]