Regulations last checked for updates: May 02, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Mar 20, 2025
§ 38.109 - Between-car barriers.

Where vehicles operate in a high-platform, level-boarding mode, and where between-car bellows are not provided, 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.

source: 56 FR 45756, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 38.109