Standards Catalogue

Duties of a designated person (DP) and people working on rail vehicles

You will need this module if you carry out the duties of a designated person or person working on a rail vehicle.

Pilot's Single Line Working Form

You will need this form if you carry out the duties of a pilot.

Route Level Assessment of Technical Compatibility between Vehicles and Infrastructure

This document sets out requirements and responsibilities for the assessment of technical compatibility at route level for vehicles and infrastructure.

Passenger Train Dispatch and Platform Safety Measures

This document sets out requirements and guidance for the development, review and implementation of passenger train dispatch processes and measures to…

Single Line Working

You will need this module if you carry out the duties of a driver, pilot or signaller.

Working single and bi-directional lines by pilot

You will need this module if you carry out the duties of a driver, pilot or signaller.

Pilot's form for working of single and bi-directional lines by pilot

This form is used by the pilot to record the details for the working of trains over single or bi-directional lines by pilot, during a failure or when…

Signaller's Form for Working Single and Bi-Directional Lines by Pilot

This form is used by signallers to record the details for the working of trains over a single or bi-directional line by pilot, during a failure or…

Trespass Risk Assessment

This document provides a common framework for trespass risk assessments, developed from the outputs of RSSB research project T1183 - Good practice…

Duties of the engineering supervisor (ES) or safe work leader (SWL) in a possession on ERTMS lines where lineside signals are not provided

You will need this handbook if you carry out the duties of the ES or SWL on ERTMS lines.

Assessment of Compatibility of Rolling Stock and Infrastructure - Gauging and Stepping Distances

This document sets out requirements and responsibilities for the assessment of gauging compatibility and of stepping distances between rolling stock…

Storage and Recommissioning of Rail Vehicles

This document sets out guidance on the storage and recommissioning of rail vehicles that are not to be operated on the GB mainline railway for an…

Format and Methods for Defining Vehicle Gauging Data

This document sets out requirements, rationale and guidance concerning how vehicle gauging data is generated and the format in which it is recorded.…

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.

Lettered Differential Permissible Speeds Classification

This document sets out requirements and guidance for the classification of rail vehicles to the lettered differential permissible speed categories.

Managing Low Adhesion

Size of Vehicles and Position of Equipment

Accident and Incident Investigation

This document sets out requirements and guidance for the investigation of adverse events involving more than one duty holder so that system…

Requirements for Driving Cabs of Railway Vehicles

This document sets out national technical rules for driving cabs of railway vehicles on visibility from within, emergency exit dimensions and…

Drugs and alcohol testing for safety-critical workers

This document provides transport operators with the industry-agreed standard for testing safety-critical workers for drugs and alcohol. It contains…

Pilot's Single Line Working Form

You will need this form if you carry out the duties of a pilot.

Single Line Working

You will need this module if you carry out the duties of a driver, pilot or signaller.

Duties of the engineering supervisor (ES) or safe work leader (SWL) in a possession on ERTMS lines where lineside signals are not provided

You will need this handbook if you carry out the duties of the ES or SWL on ERTMS lines.

Working single and bi-directional lines by pilot

You will need this module if you carry out the duties of a driver, pilot or signaller.

Pilot's form for working of single and bi-directional lines by pilot

This form is used by the pilot to record the details for the working of trains over single or bi-directional lines by pilot, during a failure or when…

Signaller's Form for Working Single and Bi-Directional Lines by Pilot

This form is used by signallers to record the details for the working of trains over a single or bi-directional line by pilot, during a failure or…

Rule Book Handbook Issue History

Preparation and movement of trains: Defective or isolated vehicles and on-train equipment

Changes to National Operations Publications for September 2022

Rule Book Briefing Leaflet

Directional arrows

This document provides design details for sign AJ10 - Directional arrows.  

Advance lower pantograph (temporary power changeover)

This document provides design details for sign AJ12 - Advance lower pantograph (temporary power changeover).

Warning of Traction System Changeover

This document provides design details for sign AJ04 - Warning of traction system changeover.  

Indication of route

This document provides design details for sign AJ11 - Indication of route.

Lower pantograph (temporary power changeover)

This document provides design details for sign AJ13 - Lower pantograph (temporary power changeover).  

Changeover to or from self-powered

This document provides design details for sign AJ08 - Changeover to or from self-powered.

Changeover to Overhead Electric Traction

This document provides design details for sign AJ07 - Changeover to Overhead Electric Traction.

Do not raise pantograph

This document provides design details for sign AJ09 - Do not raise pantograph.  

Do not raise pantograph (temporary power changeover)

This document provides design details for sign AJ15 – Do not raise pantograph (temporary power changeover).

Lower Pantograph

This document provides design details for sign AJ03 - Lower pantograph

Misuse of MEWPs

This poster is provided by the M&EE Networking Group to remind industry not to misuse MEWPs during work activities.

Plant Exclusion Zones

This poster is provided by the M&EE Networking Group to remind industry about the necessity to keep personnel clear from areas around working…

Emergency Haulage by OTMs

This Code of Practice details the haulage capabilities of on-track machines (OTM). It should be followed by any route or operator control when…

Use and Maintenance of Full Electric/Hybrid Powered OTP

This Code of Practice details best practice for use and maintenance of battery or hybrid powered OTP. It defines best practice and industry guidance…

Injection Injury

This poster details the actions to be taken following a hydraulic injection injury.

Cross Tracking of On Track Plant

OTP must only be on/off tracked within a Possession. OTP is not permitted to cross track under Line Blocks.

AFFF Fire Extinguishers

This poster is provided by the M&EE Networking Group to remind industry about the potential for AFFF fire extinguishers to freeze in cold weather.…

RRV Braking

This poster is provided by the M&EE Networking Group to remind industry is a reminder that road-rail vehicles when in rail mode take a lot longer to…

Piling using OTP

This Code of Practice details guidance on the arrangements for controlling the risks when planning and undertaking piling operations on the railway…

Plant Activities with Any Line Open

All plant activities that could foreseeably foul an open line require a documented ALO Plan, which must be approved by a Responsible ALO Manager.