Key Terms/Acronyms

Question 1

PTI

Answer 1

Platform Train Interface, the gap between the train and the first 1 metre of the platform edge.

Question 2

TOC

Answer 2

Train Operating Company, e.g. TPE, Hull Trains, Avanti West Coast.

Question 3

TPE

Answer 3

TransPennine Express.

Question 4

BTP

Answer 4

British Transport Police, a railway specific police force. Dealing with incidents on the tracks and general policing duties on trains and in stations.

Question 5

T.I.L.E

Answer 5

Task, Individual, Load, Environment.
(Manual Handling)
What is the task you are achieving?
Can you lift the object and do you feel able to?
How large or heavy is the load?
Is the environment safe or is it wet/windy/busy?

Question 6

ERMA

Answer 6

Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement, the contract TPE are running trains under due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Question 7

See it, Say it, Sorted

Answer 7

The BTP anti-terror and general reporting procedure, this asks passengers and rail workers to report anything suspicious or unsafe/illegal to BTP on either 61016 or by talking to an officer.

Question 8

PTSD

Answer 8

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder