Standards Committees

Standards Committees have been established by the RSSB in accordance with the Railway Group Standards Code (the Code).

Purpose of Standards Committees

The purpose of the Standards Committees, as set out in the Code, is to:

Direct, prioritise and approve the creation of RGSs and the development, amendment and withdrawal of measures in RGSs and deviations from measures in RGSs.
Identify and propose additions or improvements to measures defined in new or existing RGSs, or the withdrawal of measures from existing RGSs.
Identify and propose improvements to the procedures defined in the Code and Standards Manual for managing the creation, modification or withdrawal of RGSs.
Monitor and review the Technical Specifications for Interoperability and other European standards in order to identify any necessary amendments to measures in RGSs.
Direct, prioritise and approve resources provided by RSSB to support GB industry input to European standards activities.
Provide a forum where representatives of the GB industry can exchange information and views to inform their contributions, through the European sector organisations, in respect of European standards activities.
Inform ISCC about issues which could have significant implications for the mainline railway, including where an application for a specific case in a Technical Specification for Interoperability may be required.
Approve the list of measures to be proposed to ISCC as:

National technical rules in response to European Directives concerned with the interoperability of the European railways, or
National safety rules in response to European Directives concerned with the safety of the European railways.

Direct, prioritise and approve the development of proposed GB specific cases and the associated economic evaluation prior to them being proposed to ISCC for potential inclusion in a Technical Specification for Interoperability.

List of Standards Committees

Infrastructure (INS)
Rolling Stock (RST)
Traffic Operation and Management (TOM)
Control Command and Signalling(CCS)
Energy (ENE)
Plant (PLT)

Each of the Committees has a technical scope that is co-terminus with the TSI of the same name.

Multi-functional Standards Committees may be set up to deal with RGSs that do not have a clear lead. In all cases these will be supported by a lead Delivery Unit within RSSB.

Industry Standards Coordination Committee

The activities of the Standards Committees are overseen by the Industry Standards Co-ordination Committee (ISCC).

Further information

Key supporting documents can be found at the links below:

Proposals register for changes to RGSs, the Rule Book and other documents
The RSSB Standards Programme (PDF / Excel) which shows status of documents in the programme
The deviations against current and withdrawn standards register

More information on these documents may be found on the Standards Change page and on the Deviations page.

The links below provide further information on Standards Committees:

List of Standards Committee members