GERT8000-M2 Iss 9

Changes have been made to this module as a result of an extensive revision to the actions following a train accident in module M1 ‘Dealing with a train accident or train evacuation’. Section 1.4 has been revised to remove reference to carrying out emergency protection, which is no longer a requirement.

As there is no longer any requirement to place emergency protection during emergency special working (ESW) or temporary block working (TBW), the whole of section 2 has been withdrawn.

In section 3 on providing assistance, in the event of the drivers of the assisting train and the failed train not having been put into contact with each other by GSM-R radio, and poor visibility prevailing, the driver of the failed train will be met by the assisting train at one of a number of locations. As the driver of the failed train will no longer need to proceed on foot to the emergency protection point, or beyond that, to speak to the signaller, it is no longer necessary to refer to either of those locations in section 3.2.