Safeworking - Train Authority Working

Question 1

What are Train Authorities used in conjunction with?

Answer 1

Existing Safeworking systems in the event of accident or failure

Question 2

What 2 methods are used to issue a Train Authority to a driver?

Answer 2

• Handed (By signaller at a locally controlled location)
• Dictated (Remote controlled location)

Question 3

Can a Train Authority be transmitted to a driver?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

How many Train Authority forms must each driver carry?

Answer 4

15 Train Authorities

Question 5

What are the 3 uses for a Train Authority?

Answer 5

• Obstruction
• Assisting a disabled train
• Safeworking systems failures

Question 6

When are Train Authorities used for an Obstruction?

Answer 6

An emergency situation where a train is required to return to the rear due to an obstruction

Question 7

When is a Train Authority not required when returning to the rear? (2 answers)

Answer 7

• Within Station Limits
• Within the Metrol Controlled Area (MCA)

Question 8

When are Train Authorities used for Assisting a Disabled Train?

Answer 8

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)

Question 9

If Assisting a Disabled Train when is a Train Authority not required?

Answer 9

If a train is already in the Line Section

Question 10

What Safeworking systems failures required a Train Authority?

Answer 10

• Complete Signal Box failure
• Equipment fires affecting the signal system
• Any other issue that renders the Safeworking system inoperative

Question 11

A Train Authority must be completed according to the Book of Rules 1994 by?

Answer 11

• Using ink and block letters
• Have no erasures, alterations or abbreviations
• Be on the prescribed form
• Accurate, Brief and Clear
• Contain only essential information

Question 12

A driver must not proceed into the section unless the Train Authority?

Answer 12

• Complies with the conditions
• Is fully understood
• Has signed the butt portion of the form

Question 13

What speed can be done when setting back?

Answer 13

Extreme Caution

Question 14

What speed can be done when a train is being propelled from the centre cars?

Answer 14

15km/h

Question 15

What must a driver do when relieving a driver who is under a Train Authority?

Answer 15

Verify the Train Authority

Question 16

When must Train Authorities be Verifed?

Answer 16

• When the driver hasn’t directly received the TA
• When relieving another driver on the train who is operating under a TA

Question 17

What is the Verification Procedure?

Answer 17

1. Call Train Control
2. Write VERIFIED across the form
3. Time
4. Date
5. Signature

Question 18

If a driver incorrectly fills out a Train Authority the must?

Answer 18

1. Cancel the Train Authority
2. Time
3. Date
4. Signature

Question 19

When Cancelling a Train Authority the driver must?

Answer 19

1. Call Train Control
2. Write CANCELLED across the form
3. Time
4. Date
5. Signature

Question 20

When a Combined Train is arriving at a signal box location, a protecting train must be?

Answer 20

Be 100 metres from the limit of where the wrong line movement will go

(Senior Network Controller will take charge of situation)

Question 21

When a Combined Train is arriving at a signal box location from the rear, they must?

Answer 21

Stop 100 metres before the outer most set of points and get permission from the Controlling Signaller to enter

Question 22

When Cancelling Train Authorities from a Locally controlled location, the driver must?

Answer 22

Physically give the Train Authority to the Signaller

Question 23

When Cancelling Train Authorities from a Locally controlled location, the Signaller must?

Answer 23

• Confirm the TA is complete
• Cancel the TA
• Notify Train Control of the time the TA was cancelled