Standards Catalogue

Pulling Rail with Road-Rail Excavator Cranes

This Code of Practice provides good practice in the safe pulling of continuous welded rail (CWR) and to minimise the risk of damage to the CWR or…

Code of Practice for OTP Recovery

This Code of Practice details the processes required for the recovery of failed On Track Plant from the infrastructure.

Code of Practice for Working Safety Practices for Maintenance and Repair of OTMs

This Code of Practice contains guidance on the safety conditions and behaviours to enable safe maintenance of on-track machines (OTMs).

Code of Practice for the Storage and Recommissioning of OTP

This Code of Practice defines the actions to be taken for any OTP designated as Out of Service recommending a minimum level of maintenance is…

Code of Practice for Management of OTM Speeds within T3 Engineering Possessions

This Code of Practice contains guidance and generic good practice for the management of OTM speeds within T3 engineering possessions. It sets out the…

Code of Practice for Loose Materials on OTMs

This Code of Practice details the action to be taken to safely store loose material on an on-track machine.

Code of Practice for Planning for the Use of Non-rail Mounted Plant

This Code of Practice details minimum requirements for planning and mitigating the risks when delivering work using non rail mounted plant that could…

Code of Practice for Defect Reporting for OTP, Plant and Equipment

This Code of Practice details the systems to have in place so that all safety related defects are reported and that other reported defects are checked…

Code of Practice for Flailing Operations using OTP

This Code of Practice details the actions to be taken, when planning for, and undertaking flailing operations using OTP..

Code of Practice for Handling Servicable Rail with RRV Excavator Cranes Including Thimbling

This Code of Practice details the equipment and working practices for handling and thimbling of serviceable rail, using RRV excavator cranes, to…

Track System Requirements

This document sets out Great Britain (GB) requirements in scope of the national technical rules for track geometry, track systems and track components…

GB Requirements for Platform Height, Platform Offset and Platform Width

GIRT7020 Issue 2 sets out GB requirements in scope of National Technical Rules for platform height, platform offset and platform width.

Size of Vehicles and Position of Equipment

This document sets out Great Britain (GB) requirements in scope of National Technical Rules for the methods of determining the swept envelope of rail…

Rail Industry Standard on Signal Overrun Risk Evaluation and Assessment

This document sets out the approach for the management of signal overrun risk consistent with the application of the Common Safety Method on Risk…

Mechanical Trainstop System Interface

This document details the track / train interface requirements for mechanical trainstop systems. GERT8018 issue two which has been up-issued following…

Guidance on Mechanical Trainstop System

This document gives guidance on GERT8018 issue two which has been up-issued following completion of the filtering process that identifies that a…

Lineside Signal and Indicator Product Design and Assessment Requirements

This document mandates the technical parameters for lineside signalling hardware and displays, and the scope of readability assessment applicable to…

Specification for Wire, Hard Drawn Copper, PVC Insulated, High Voltage

RACOP - Train Driving

Persons in Charge of Possession (PICOP) and Engineering Supervisors (ES)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

You will need this handbook if you carry out the duties of the PICOP.

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP) on ERTMS lines where lineside signals are not provided

You will need this handbook if you carry out the duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP) on ERTMS lines. This document has been…

Possession Arrangements Form

This form is used by the PICOP to record the arrangements for a possession of a running line.

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Duties of the person in charge of the possession (PICOP)

Code of Practice for Route Knowledge - Training, Assessment and Retention

OTP Tandem Lift

OTP Tandem Lift

Tandem Lifting Poster