The study was carried out on the height of horizontal handrails to be installed in the baby carriage space shared with wheelchair users in commuter trains. Evaluations of their height were obtained from one hundred and sixty passengers under vibratory condition in a train simulator. As the result, it was revealed that the handrail of 800 mm in height is too low for supports for standing passengers and too high for sitting passengers. The handrails over 950 mm in height were evaluated as appropriate for support of standing passengers. It was suggested that the optimum height of handrails in trains was higher than that in buildings.

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