Safeworking - Train Authority Working Flashcards
What are Train Authorities used in conjunction with?
Existing Safeworking systems in the event of accident or failure
What 2 methods are used to issue a Train Authority to a driver?
- Handed (By signaller at a locally controlled location)
- Dictated (Remote controlled location)
Can a Train Authority be transmitted to a driver?
No
How many Train Authority forms must each driver carry?
15 Train Authorities
What are the 3 uses for a Train Authority?
- Obstruction
- Assisting a disabled train
- Safeworking systems failures
When are Train Authorities used for an Obstruction?
An emergency situation where a train is required to return to the rear due to an obstruction
When is a Train Authority not required when returning to the rear? (2 answers)
- Within Station Limits
- Within the Metrol Controlled Area (MCA)
When are Train Authorities used for Assisting a Disabled Train?
When a relief train is to depart from a controlled signal location
(To pass a Home Signal a driver needs a TA, Proceed Aspect/Green Hand Signal for ABS)
If Assisting a Disabled Train when is a Train Authority not required?
If a train is already in the Line Section
What Safeworking systems failures required a Train Authority?
- Complete Signal Box failure
- Equipment fires affecting the signal system
- Any other issue that renders the Safeworking system inoperative
A Train Authority must be completed according to the Book of Rules 1994 by?
- Using ink and block letters
- Have no erasures, alterations or abbreviations
- Be on the prescribed form
- Accurate, Brief and Clear
- Contain only essential information
A driver must not proceed into the section unless the Train Authority?
- Complies with the conditions
- Is fully understood
- Has signed the butt portion of the form
What speed can be done when setting back?
Extreme Caution
What speed can be done when a train is being propelled from the centre cars?
15km/h
What must a driver do when relieving a driver who is under a Train Authority?
Verify the Train Authority
When must Train Authorities be Verifed?
- When the driver hasn’t directly received the TA
- When relieving another driver on the train who is operating under a TA
What is the Verification Procedure?
- Call Train Control
- Write VERIFIED across the form
- Time
- Date
- Signature
If a driver incorrectly fills out a Train Authority the must?
- Cancel the Train Authority
- Time
- Date
- Signature
When Cancelling a Train Authority the driver must?
- Call Train Control
- Write CANCELLED across the form
- Time
- Date
- Signature
When a Combined Train is arriving at a signal box location, a protecting train must be?
Be 100 metres from the limit of where the wrong line movement will go
(Senior Network Controller will take charge of situation)
When a Combined Train is arriving at a signal box location from the rear, they must?
Stop 100 metres before the outer most set of points and get permission from the Controlling Signaller to enter
When Cancelling Train Authorities from a Locally controlled location, the driver must?
Physically give the Train Authority to the Signaller
When Cancelling Train Authorities from a Locally controlled location, the Signaller must?
- Confirm the TA is complete
- Cancel the TA
- Notify Train Control of the time the TA was cancelled
