36 CFR § 1192.85 - Between-car barriers.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s1192.85"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 1192.85 - Between-car barriers."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1192.85"
section_name: "Between-car barriers."
chapter_name: "ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD"
part_number: "1192"
part_name: "AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 792 (b) (3); 42 U.S.C. 12204."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 45558, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1192"
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# 1192.85 Between-car barriers.

Where vehicles operate in a high-platform, level-boarding mode, devices or systems shall be provided to prevent, deter or warn individuals from inadvertently stepping off the platform between cars. Appropriate devices include, but are not limited to, pantograph gates, chains, motion detectors or other suitable devices.