Plant Standards Committee

Scope

Within the scope defined in the remit, the Committee’s coverage includes fixed and mobile plant used in the railway industry, and the management of risk from the use of this equipment. Coverage includes:

• Mobile equipment and machinery used on and off the rails
• Fixed equipment (for example lighting)Fixed machinery (for example escalators) and power supplies
• Consideration of the interfaces between any of these items and those covered by other standards committees
• Consideration of requirements relating to activities dealt with in general, multifunctional documents in so far as they affect items within the committee’s coverage. Examples include: competence, procurement, construction, engineering acceptance, and record keeping.

Specifically excluded are:

• Traction power supply
• Locomotives, wagons, and coaches that are used on rail outside of possessions and are not on-track machines

Message from Chair

The PLT SC is responsible for Railway Industry Standards (RISs) covering the technical requirements and assessment of mobile plant used for the maintenance and construction of the railway infrastructure. This includes on-track plant used in engineering possessions, on-track machines also capable of movement on the operational railway, and other plant designed or adapted for railway use. We are also the BSI panel for European and International standards that influence railway plant and equipment used to service trains.

Membership

The Plant Standards Committee has members representing the following industry categories:

• rolling stock owners and leasing companies
• freight and other non-passenger train operators
• infrastructure managers and owners
• infrastructure contractors
• suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
• RSSB.

Chair of committee: Neil Halliday, RSSB
RSSB main representative: Neil Dinmore

Committee Members