GERT8000-HB7 Iss 5
General duties of a controller of site safety (COSS)
Synopsis
This handbook is for those personnel who have the general duties of a controller of site safety (COSS). This document has been updated as part of the December 2015 Rule Book Programme.
Summary Of Changes
Changes have been made to this handbook to cater for the introduction of ERTMS. Terminology such as block markers, ends of authority (EoA), ERTMS lines and keeping the route closed have been inserted. Two new sighting distance charts
have been added to reflect the distance in metres and the speed in km/h. Some sections have been changed to show the equivalent of mph in km/h.
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- Issued:
- 05/09/2015
- Published:
- 05/09/2015
- In Force:
- 05/12/2015
- Withdrawn:
- 07/12/2019
Details
Consultation Status | Closed |
Vehicle Assessment | No |
Supersedes | GERT8000-HB7 Iss 4 |
Superseded By | GERT8000-HB7 Iss 6 |
Lead Committee | Traffic Operation and Management - TOM |
Supporting Committee | Control Command and Signalling - CCS |
Impact Assessments
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15 IA13 |
Amendments
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8000-HB7 Iss 5 AM001 |
Supporting Documents | GERT8000-RBBL Iss 28 |
Deviations
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15-121-DEV
High Output Ballast Cleaner Protection Zone Trials.
15-130-DEV
High Output Track Renewals System (TRS) Protection Zone Trials.
16-007-DEV
Continuation of the trial on the London North Eastern (LNE) route with Leeds and
16-071-DEV
Tranche 2 of trials of Phase 1a of the OTM protection zone.
16-118-DEV
Trials of a simplified 'Crossing the line procedure'.
17-005-DEV
High Output Axle Counter Protection Zone Trials
19-001-DEV
High Output starting to plan the use of Protection Zone (PZ) as
19-026-DEV
SWL / COSS / IWA continuation of trials - crossing the line procedure
19-026-DEV Revised 22-08-2019
SWL / COSS / IWA continuation of trials - crossing the line procedure |