Australia Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002
Parts 10 to 15 Built elements: surfaces, handrails and grabrails, doorways and doors, lifts, stairs and escalators, toilets – Australia Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002

Australia Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 11-PI: Handrails in premises and infrastructure: to clauses 8.2 and 9 of AS 1428.1 (2021) with 30% luminance contrast against surfaces within 2 m and a domed warning indicator 150 mm before any interruption; placed along access paths wherever support or passive guidance is likely to be needed and continuously on both sides of overbridge and subway paths, interrupted only at stairs, walkways, ramps, lift doors, exits and concourse facilities; never infringing a roadside boarding point

What does 11-PI require?

A handrail in premises and infrastructure must comply with clauses 8.2 and 9 of AS 1428.1 (2021), show a luminance contrast of at least 30% (tested under Appendix B of that standard) against any wall or surface within 2 m, and, where interrupted, carry a domed warning indicator on top 150 mm from the interruption, 4 to 5 mm high and 10 to 12 mm in diameter. Handrails must be placed along an access path wherever passengers are likely to need additional support or passive guidance, and continuously along both sides of an access path on an overbridge or through a subway, with interruptions permitted only at entries to staircases, walkways and ramps, at lift doors and other exits, and on a concourse at fare gates, ticket machines, information displays, service counters, staff and toilet doors and corridor entries. A handrail must not infringe an area at a roadside boarding point needed to deploy a boarding device.

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