Useful Information: Index

18. Quality Standards

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Quality Standards
Railway Group Standards are produced under a management system certified by BSI against requirements of ISO9001:2008.

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19. Privacy Statement

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Privacy Statement
Your privacy
This website (www.rgsonline.co.uk) is administered by Rail Safety and Standards Board Limited (“We”). We are committed to maintaining your privacy when you visit this site. This statement sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us will be processed together with the steps we take to protect your privacy.
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16. Accessing Railway Group Standards Electronically

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Accessing Railway Group Standards Electronically
The definitive versions of Railway Group Standards and related documents can be accessed from the RGSonline website (www.rgsonline.co.uk) and are available on DVD. The web service is free to access and there is no requirement for a password to enter the site. The DVD is sold on a subscription basis and the prices are detailed below.

RSSB Members	£750 pa. In addition to the issue of four DVDs (ie one every three months), this will permit unlimited printing.
Other Companies	£1500 pa for the issue of four DVDs (ie one every three months) with unlimited print facility.
Additional Copies	If more than one copy of the DVD is required (eg for outbases), additional copies can be added to your subscription at a cost of £47 per set.
Back-dated Copies	RSSB Members £187 per copy and Other Companies £375 per copy.

The prices shown include VAT. If you wish to place an order for a DVD subscription, please contact Willsons Printers on 01636 702334 with your credit card details or a purchase order number. DVDs will be supplied following your remittance.

For advice or assistance on the rgsonline website please contact the RSSB enquiry desk on 020 3142 5400 or email enquiries to enquirydesk@rssb.co.uk.

17. Enquiry Desk Services

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Enquiry Desk Services
The enquiry desk is available between the hours of 09:00 and 16:30 for phone call enquiries.
Services provided by the RSSB enquiry desk include:
Rule Book enquiries Railway Group Standards enquiries Status of Railway Group Standards Requests for RSSB publications and documents Advice on accessing RGSs on the internet (www.rgsonline.co.uk) Technical queries (these may take slightly longer to deal with as they are passed onto the relevant technical specialist) If your query does not fit into any of the above mentioned, please call us anyway and we will do our best to help you, or put you in touch with someone who can.
Enquiry Desk
RSSB
Block 2, Angel Square
1 Torrens Street
London, EC1V 1NY
Tel: 020 3142 5400
Fax: 020 3142 5669
Email: enquirydesk@rssb.co.uk

14. Purchasing National Operations Publications

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Purchasing National Operations Publications
National Operations Publications are Railway Group Standards which set out mandatory requirements for direct application in the workplace. These include:
Modular Rule Book (GERT8000) Working Manual for Rail Staff: Handling and Carriage of Dangerous Goods (GORM3053) Working Manual for Rail Staff: Freight Train Operators (GORM3056) Rule Book Forms
Details of these documents can be found in the sections 'Document Titles and Descriptions' for Traffic Operation and Management.
As these documents are subject to frequent change, amendments which do not justify the reissue of the module or section of the working manual are published in GERT8001, Changes to National Operations Publications.
Willsons Printers Limited supplies the modules and handbooks which make up the Modular Rule Book, Working Manual and Rule Book forms. You can order these documents by contacting Denise Atkinson at:
Willsons Printers Limited
Highlander House
Cross Street
Newark
Nottinghamshire, NG24 1PP
Tel: 01636 702334
Fax: 01636 701396

15. Price Codes

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Price Codes
(A) = £7.00: up to 50 sides
(B) = £10.00: 51-100 sides
(C) = £12.50: 101-150 sides
(W) = Price available directly from Willsons Printers
(Z) = Price or details upon request (from RSSB enquiry desk)

03. Document Identification Code

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Document Identification Code
The next two characters of the standard's reference code indicate the type of document.


RT	Railway Group Standard (RGS)
	A RGS is a document produced pursuant to the RGS Code (or equivalent predecessor documents, including previous versions of the RGS Code) defining mandatory requirements in respect of the mainline railway. These mandatory requirements may be in the form of technical and/or operational requirements, or a process for cooperation. Compliance with RGSs is mandatory for Infrastructure Managers and Railway Undertakings who operate on the GB mainline railway. Where appropriate, a deviation to comply with an alternative to the content of a RGS may be granted by a Standards Committee in accordance with the RGS Code.
RC	Rail Industry Approved Code of Practice (RACOP)
	A non-mandatory document that defines a potentially suitable and sufficient means (but not the only means) of meeting an identified set of mandatory measures within a RGS. A RACOP therefore relates to meeting a set of measures that involve co-operation between two or more duty holders. A RACOP will contain a methodology which is designed to deliver the requirements of the RGS, but where an alternative methodology could be adopted. A RACOP will generally quote the relevant mandatory measures from a RGS alongside the non-mandatory content in order to provide a complete picture.
GN	Rail Industry Guidance Note (GN)
	A non-mandatory document that is intended to provide potentially helpful information relating to the management and/or operation of the railway system or its subsystems. A GN may provide background to the measures contained within a RGS or describe information in relation to an issue that is outside the scope of RGSs. In some circumstances a GN may quote the mandatory measures from a RGS alongside the non-mandatory content in order to provide a complete picture.
RM	Manual
	A suite of Railway Group Standards covering a particular area or activity.

06. Example of Typical Catalogue Entry

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Example of Typical Catalogue Entry

	Document No.	Issue No.	Date	Price Code
	GKRT0060	Iss 4	Jun 03	(A)
Title	Interlocking Principles
Description	This document mandates the principles of interlocking of signals, points and other parts of the signalling system so that safe operation of trains is ensured.

13. Purchasing Railway Group Standards

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Purchasing Railway Group Standards
A copy of the RGS order form can be found in the forms section of the RGS Catalogue or from the RGSonline website Useful Information section for Purchasing Railway Group Standards. You will need the following details in order to complete the form:
Railway Group Standards code and title Quantity Price Purchaser's full name, business, address and telephone number Credit card details, cheque or purchase order number
Then fax or post it to our distributors:
Willsons Printers Limited
Highlander House
Cross Street
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1PP
Tel: 01636702334
Fax: 01636701396
Please ensure that you include your credit card details, purchase order or a cheque made payable to Willsons Printers. Payments can also be made by BACS - please contact Willsons for company bank details. Orders received will be dispatched within five working days.

11. Duty Holders

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Duty Holders
In the context of Railway Group Standards, the term duty holders refers to Infrastructure Managers who hold a safety authorisation and Railway Undertakings who hold a Part B safety certificate issued in respect of the GB mainline railway.

12. Railway Group Standards Cross References

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Railway Group Standards Cross References
Many Railway Group Standards refer to other Railway Group Standards and where this is the case these cross references are listed on the last page of the document.
The ongoing process of updating Railway Group Standards can lead to cross references becoming out of date. Where you find that a referenced document is no longer available please contact the RSSB enquiry desk - enquirydesk@rssb.co.uk for the new document to be applied.

09. Deviations from Railway Group Standards

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Deviations from Railway Group Standards
A deviation is a permission to comply with a specified alternative to a requirement in a Railway Group Standard (RGS) in circumstances where it is not appropriate to change the RGS.
All deviations from RGSs are to be in accordance with the procedure defined in part 6 of the Railway Group Standards Code (the Code) and the supporting provisions defined in the Standards Manual (the Manual).
The deviation application form and a list of all currently issued deviations can be found on the Deviations page of the RSSB website: http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/DEVIATIONS.aspx. under Railway Group Standards.
For further information regarding deviation application forms or certificates, please contact the Standards Management Department of RSSB on 020 3142 5570.

10. Programmed Consultation Dates

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Programmed Consultation Dates
Up-to-date information on document in draft and proposed withdrawals, including details of their consultation periods is now provided on the Standards Programme which can be found on the RSSB website at http://www.rssb.co.uk.
The information on the website is updated monthly and is therefore a more accurate representation of forthcoming consultation than was previously provided on this page.

07. Approval of Railway Group Standards

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Approval of Railway Group Standards
The Railway Group Standards Code mandates the process for operating standards committees. The role of the standards committee is to approve the development of RGS and associated documents, and approve deviations from Railway Group Standards. Information regarding standards committees and their members, meeting dates and cut-off dates for submission of documents can be found on the RSSB website at http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/StandardsCommitteesPage.aspx. A list of standards committee members can also be found in the Members Lists section of the RGS Catalogue.

Approval of Railway Group Standards

The Railway Group Standards Code mandates the process for operating standards committees. The role of the standards committee is to approve the development of RGS and associated documents, and approve deviations from Railway Group Standards. Information regarding standards committees and their members, meeting dates and cut-off dates for submission of documents can be found on the RSSB website at http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/StandardsCommitteesPage.aspx. A list of standards committee members can also be found in the Members Lists section of the RGS Catalogue.

08. Changing Railway Group Standards

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Changing Railway Group Standards
The process for making changes is detailed in the Railway Group Standards Code issue three, section five. If you wish to submit a proposal for change, please complete the form available from either the RSSB website at http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/STANDARDSCHANGE.aspx or from the Standards Management Department of RSSB on 020 3142 5570.
When a proposal to change a RGS is received by RSSB, it is recorded in the Proposals Register which tracks the progress of the proposal through the initial consideration process and the RSSB Standards Programme which tracks the development of documents. Both these stages are documented in the Railway Group Standards Code. The proposals register and the RSSB Standards Programme can be found on the RSSB website at http://www.rssb.co.uk/RGS/Pages/STANDARDSCHANGE.aspx.
Proposals for changes to RGSs may arise as a result of RSSB's own review process or as a result of proposals from the industry.

05. Documents with Single Two-letter Prefix

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Documents with a Single Two-letter Prefix

RT	These are guidance documents mandated by a Railway Group Standard, such as RT3183, Agents Point Setting Form.
BR	These are Railway Group Standards still numbered with a British Rail number. They will be given a new reference code when they are revised.

04. Documents Prefixed RIS

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Document Prefixed RIS (Rail Industry Standard)
A Rail Industry Standard is a non-mandatory document that a group of members of RSSB, including at least one duty holder, have requested RSSB to produce and which that group has agreed to work to. A RIS defines functional or technical provisions in circumstances when management of a railway subsystem does not necessitate co-operation between duty holders but where there are expected to be economic benefits from that group all doing things in a similar manner. They will have a number format RIS-nnnn-XXX, where RIS is the acronym for Rail Industry Standard, nnn is the four digit unique number identifier and XXX represents the three letter acronym of the approving standards committee. There are six standards committees as follows:
PLT - Plant
RST - Rolling Stock
INS - Infrastructure
TOM - Traffic Operation and Management
ENE - Energy
CCS - Control Command and Signalling
Specific responsibilities and compliance requirements are the subject of the internal procedures or contract conditions of the companies which choose to adopt the RISs, therefore any deviations should be managed by those companies.

02. Document Category

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Document Category
The standards are divided into categories:

Category


GA	Administration
	Policy management and administration of Railway Group Standards
GC	Track & Structures (Infrastructure)
	Permanent way, structures and construction safety
GE	All Duty Holders Requirements
	Multidisciplinary activities
GH	Health & Safety
	Operational and occupational health and safety
GI	Infrastructure
	Multidisciplinary infrastructure activities
GK	Train Control & Communications (Control Command and Signalling)
	Signalling & telecommunications
GL	Electrification (Energy)
	Electrification Systems and electrical installations
GM	Trains (Rolling Stock)
	Trains and rolling stock
GO	Operations (Traffic Operation and Management)
	Operations, operational signalling, special operations such as the acceptance & carriage of dangerous goods, and safety-critical activities
GP	Plant
	Fixed and mobile plant

01. Catalogue Structure

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Catalogue Structure
Railway Group Standards Catalogue has a number of different sections. The main body of the catalogue is the Document Titles and Descriptions. This is organised according to the lead Standards Committee that approves changes to the documents concerned. Each Railway Group Standard (RGS) has a reference code which indicates which activity the standard relates to, and what type of document it is.

Home

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Useful Information

01. Catalogue Structure
02. Document Category
03. Document Identification Code
04. Documents Prefixed RIS
05. Documents with Single Two-letter Prefix
06. Example of Typical Catalogue Entry
07. Approval of Railway Group Standards
08. Changing Railway Group Standards
09. Deviations from Railway Group Standards
10. Programmed Consultation Dates
11. Duty Holders

12. Railway Group Standards Cross References
13. Purchasing Railway Group Standards
14. Purchasing National Operations Publications
15. Price Codes
16. Accessing Railway Group Standards Electronically
17. Enquiry Desk Services
18. Quality Standards

19. Privacy Statement