Standards Catalogue

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

Changes to National Operations Publications for June 2022

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…

Rail Industry Standard for Driving Cabs

Changes to National Operations Publications for March 2022

Application of Standard Vehicle Gauges

This document defines standard vehicle gauges and the associated application rules for rolling stock and for infrastructure.

Application of the Entity in Charge of Maintenance Regulations

This document gives guidance on the application of regulations on entities in charge of maintenance (ECM) with respect to freight wagons that are used…

Verification of Conformity of Engineering Change to Rail Vehicles

The document sets out a process for verification of conformity of engineering change against applicable requirements. This process can be adopted by…

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…

Crashworthiness risk assessment for mainline passenger rolling stock

This Technical Note aims to address Recommendation 19 c) of RAIB’s Carmont report. This required RSSB, in consultation with operators of pre-1994…

Onboard passenger air quality improvement

This technical note aims to inform the industry about potential solutions for improving air quality in the passenger cabin environment, referred to in…

Overrun Risk Evaluation and Assessment

This document sets out requirements and guidance for the management of risk associated with trains exceeding the end of their movement authority. 

On-Track Plant, Trolleys and Associated Equipment

This document sets out requirements and guidance for engineering of on-track plant, trolleys and associated equipment.

Determination of Aerodynamic Rolling Moment Coefficient

This Guidance Note provides guidance to railway undertakings and infrastructure managers for methods of undertaking wind tunnel tests to determine…

Engineering Design of On-Track Machines in Running Mode

This document sets out requirements for the design of on-track Machines (OTMs) in running mode.

Track circuit block regulations

ERTMS Handbook

You will need this handbook if you need to understand how the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) operates on the GB network.

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

Signaller's form for working of single and bi-directional ERTMS lines by pilot.

Driver’s Ticket for Working Single and Bi-Directional Lines by Pilot

This form is issued by the pilot to drivers and records the details for the working of trains over a single or bi-directional line by pilot, during a…

Written Order 04 Permission to Make a Wrong-Direction Movement Form

This form is dictated by the signaller to the driver of fitted trains, on ERTMS level 2 lines.

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

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

Driver’s Ticket for Working Single and Bi-Directional Lines by Pilot

This form is issued by the pilot to drivers and records the details for the working of trains over a single or bi-directional line by pilot, during a…

Signaller's Single Line Working Form

This form is used by the signaller to record the arrangements for implementing single line working.

Written Order 05 Permission To Proceed Under Modified Working Arrangements on Single and Bi-Directional Lines Form

This form is dictated by the signaller to the driver of fitted trains, on ERTMS level 2 lines.

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.

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

Code of Practice for Safe use of Quick Hitches

Misuse of MEWPs

Code of Practice for Planning and Executing Lifting Operations

Code of Practice for Use and Loading of MEWPs

Autumn Poster 2015

MEWP Planning

OTP Points Run Through

Autumn / winter and low adhesion operations of OTP

Code of Practice for Tandem Lifting with Two Excavator Cranes

AFFF Fire Extinguishers