Level Crossing Operational Interfaces with Trains - RSSB

1 Rail Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date: December 2016 Level CrossingOperational Interfaceswith TrainsSynopsisThis document sets out control, commandand signalling requirements and guidancefor Level Crossing functionality, so that it iscompatible with infrastructure manageroperations at stations and railwayundertaking in the Railway Group documents is owned by RailSafety and Standards Board Limited. All rights are herebyreserved. No Railway Group document (in whole or in part)may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted, in any form or means, without the prior writtenpermission of Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited, or asexpressly permitted by members are granted copyright licence in accordancewith the Constitution Agreement relating to Rail Safety andStandards Board circumstances where Rail Safety and Standards BoardLimited has granted a particular person or organisationpermission to copy extracts from Railway Group documents,Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited accepts noresponsibility for, nor any liability in connection with, the useof such extracts, or any claims arising therefrom.

2 Thisdisclaimer applies to all forms of media in which extractsfrom Railway Group documents may be by rssb Copyright 2016 Rail Safety and Standards Board LimitedUncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12/2016 Issue RecordIssueDateCommentsOne03/12/2016 This new RIS replaces GKRT0192 issue two and its associatedguidance note and arises from proposal 14-001 to develop therequirements for Level crossings from first principles. Thisdocument delivers phase one of this work to reclassifyrequirements from GKRT0192 that are not national technicalrules and therefore out of scope of railway group document will be updated when necessary by distribution of a complete DocumentsThe following Railway Group documents are superseded, either in whole or in part as indicated:Superseded documentsSections supersededDate whensections aresupersededGKRT0192 issue twoALL03/12/2016 GKGN0692 issue twoALL03/12/2016 SupplyThe authoritative version of this document is available at Enquirieson this document can be forwarded to Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date.

3 December 2016 Level Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsPage 2 of 38 RSSBU ncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12/2016 ContentsPart 1 Purpose and Application of this Health and safety Structure of this Approval and Authorisation6 Part 2 requirements for Level Crossing train crew operated barrier Level Default position for Provision of control and indication Location of control and indication Security of control and indication Provision of barriers up Level Crossing operating Level crossings with Visibility of Level Crossing Default position of gates operated by train Operation of Level Crossing gates by train Footpath and bridleway Level Audible warning Level crossings provided for use by railway requirements for Level Crossing instruction requirements for visual warning Intermediate access to the Level Visual warning White light Red/Green Light Minimum warning Configuration of control Stop signals between the strike-in point and Level Automatic Level crossings remotely monitored by the Wrong direction train Bi-directional control resetting Automatic Level crossings locally monitored by train Indication that the Level Crossing is correctly Position of driver's Level Crossing Provision of a driver's indicator when there is also a Indication of permissible Distance from the special speed restriction sign to the Level Selection of permissible Maximum Level Crossing Where there is a signal between the speed restriction sign and the Level Crossing Provision of Level Crossing warning Operation of audible

4 Warning Provision for wrong direction movements20 Level Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsRail Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date: December 2016 RSSBPage 3 of 38 Uncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12 Level Crossing resetting crew operation at automatic Level Level Crossing initiation plungers and pull cords for train crew Identification of Level Identification of Level Provision of Level Crossing information at signal General requirements for telephones at Level Provision of telephones at Level Provision of telephones at automatic Level Provision of telephones at Level crossings used by railway staff, user workedcrossings and bridleway Level Provision of telephones at controlled Level crossings with automatic Labelling of Level Crossing telephones used by members of the Labelling of Level Crossing telephones provided for use by railway requirements for Automatic Warning System (AWS)

5 At Level Provision of AWS track Illumination of Level Provision of Level Compatibility with other light Sighting requirements for indicators and lineside Operational Requirement for Life cycle management of Level Arrangements for train operations during construction29 Part 3 Guidance on Operational Interfaces at Level Operational Interfaces at train crew operated Level requirements when gates are requirements to observe 'Barriers Up' Operational Interfaces at bi-directional automatic Level Wrong direction controls on unidirectional Investigation of complaints from users of Level Co-operation between the infrastructure manager and railway undertakings31 Appendices32 Appendix A Guidance on stop signals protecting Level crossings32 Appendix B Level Crossing Audible Warning Parameters33 Definitions34 References38 Rail Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date: December 2016 Level Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsPage 4 of 38 RSSBU ncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12/2016 Part 1 Purpose and This document is a standard on Level Crossing interface requirements , for members of rssb to use ifthey so This document sets out a series of requirements for Level Crossing equipment so that Level crossingfunctionality is compatible with infrastructure manager (IM) operations at stations and railway undertaking(RU) This document does not set out any rationale because the requirements in this document are pre-existing requirements that did not have any rationale.

6 Rationale is to be developed to be included in thenext issue of this Application of this A member of rssb may choose to adopt all or part of this document through internal procedures orcontract conditions. Where this is the case the member of rssb will specify the nature and extent Therefore compliance requirements and dates have not been specified since these will be the subjectof internal procedures or contract The Standards Manual and Railway Group Standards (RGS) Code does not currently provide a formalprocess for deviating from a Rail Industry Standard (RIS). However, a member of rssb , having adopted aRIS and wishing to deviate from its requirements , may request a Standards Committee to provide opinionsand comments on their proposed alternative to the requirement in the RIS. Requests for opinions andcomments should be submitted to rssb by e-mail to When formulating arequest, consideration should be given to the advice set out in the Guidance to applicants and members ofStandards Committee on deviation applications , available from rssb s Health and safety Users of documents published by rssb are reminded of the need to consider their own responsibilitiesto ensure health and safety at work and their own duties under health and safety legislation.

7 rssb does notwarrant that compliance with all or any documents published by rssb is sufficient in itself to ensure safesystems of work or operation or to satisfy such responsibilities or Structure of this This document sets out a series of requirements that are sequentially Where relevant, guidance supporting the requirement is also set out in this document by a series ofsequentially numbered clauses and is identified by the letter 'G'. Level Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsRail Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date: December 2016 RSSBPage 5 of 38 Uncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12 Approval and content of this document was approved by Control Command and Signalling (CCS) StandardsCommittee on 01 September This document was authorised by rssb on 28 October Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date.

8 December 2016 Level Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsPage 6 of 38 RSSBU ncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12/2016 Part 2 requirements for Level Crossing crew operated barrier Level Default position for The default position for barriers at train crew operated barrier Level crossings shall be barriers The control of the barriers shall be arranged so that they remain raised if there is a loss of train crew operated barrier Level crossings are typically provided on lightly used lines whereminimum signalling facilities and operating conditions are not compatible with the provision of a signaller/ Crossing keeper controlled Level Crossing or an automatic Level The barriers are designed so that they do not lower because of a power failure. This type of levelcrossing is monitored locally by the train crew, which in practice means that barrier failures can only bedetected when a train is train drivers expect to approach the stop board protecting train crew operated barrier levelcrossings when the road is open to traffic.

9 If the barriers are already down when the train arrives, the traindriver is able to recognise this as an irregularity and report the failure to the signaller in accordance with theRule Book. Other Level Crossing failures that occur during operation are indicated to the train driver by thelevel Crossing control and indication facility (see Provision of control and indication system on page7). Provision of control and indication Level Crossing control and indication facility shall be provided for use by train The control and indication system functionality and interface shall be determined using the processfor assessment of compatibility set out in GERT8270 which shall include an assessment of the following:a) The requirement for train crew to initiate the barriers lower ) The requirement for train crew to initiate the barriers raise ) The requirement for train crew to stop the Level Crossing barriers at any position during the lower andraise ) The requirement for train crew to observe that the barriers are fully ) The requirement for train crew to observe that the barriers are fully ) The requirement for train crew to observe that the road traffic light signals are operating ) The requirement for train crew to detect a loss of primary power supply to the telephone system, wherelevel Crossing telephones are These requirements apply to all train crew operated Level Crossing control and indication facilities,including.

10 A) Level Crossing control units provided for the train crew to operate the Level Crossing at ground ) Auxiliary control and indication devices, which may be provided so that train drivers can operate thelevel Crossing from the driving Crossing Operational Interfaceswith TrainsRail Industry StandardRIS-0792-CCSI ssue: One Date: December 2016 RSSBPage 7 of 38 Uncontrolled When Printed Supersedes GKRT0192 Iss 2 and GKGN0692 Iss 2 with effect from 03/12/2016G The Level Crossing controls and indications are provided because a member of the train crew(typically a train driver, shunter, or guard, who is an authorised Level Crossing operator) is responsible for:a)Operating the Level Crossing controls to close the road after the train has stopped at the stop ) Checking that the Level Crossing closing sequence has operated correctly before the train proceeds overthe Level ) Operating the Level Crossing controls to reopen the road after the train has completely passed over thelevel Crossing , unless automatic controls are provided to do ) Checking that the Level Crossing opening sequence has operated correctly before the train The Level Crossing control devices are provided so that the road closure and road openingsequences can be activated by the train crew in accordance with