GERT8000-AC Iss 10

This module is required if you carry out the duties of a train driver, guard, shunter, designated person (DP), signaller, crossing keeper in DC electrified areas.

Industry organisations must keep operational staff safe from electrical dangers when working on electrified lines. The Rule Book modules and handbooks for both AC and DC systems are designed to support this by giving clear, practical instructions. Recent updates improve clarity and consistency. They include adding new definitions, using the same terminology throughout, and referring to unwired sections where electrification is not continuous. The instructions have also been updated to explain how staff should confirm that a train’s pantograph is properly touching the overhead line equipment (OLE) and that no arcing is happening. Guidance on moving trains after the OLE has been checked by using a train has been clarified. Requirements for coasting have also been revised to reflect situations where the contact wire height is lower than usual.