Singapore legislation

Regulation 23

of Rapid Transit Systems Regulations

Regulation 23

Misuse of escalator or travelator

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010S 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 509/2010 wef 13/09/2010

No person shall —

(a)

without reasonable excuse, sit on any step or pallet of any escalator or travelator in the railway premises; or

(b)

sit or ride on any handrail of any escalator or travelator in the railway premises.

Subregulation 2

No person shall use, or attempt to use any escalator or travelator in the railway premises except to travel from one end of the escalator or travelator to the other by means of the escalator stairway or the travelator pallet.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 628/2003 wef 01/01/2004

No person shall travel, or attempt to travel, upon any moving escalator or travelator in the railway premises in a direction other than the direction in which the escalator or travelator is moving.