Train Authorities

Question 1

How are train authorities issued?

Answer 1

Handed by signaller at locally controlled areas
Dictated at remote controlled

Question 2

What are the 3 train authority uses?

Answer 2

Obstructions
Assisting disabled train
Safeworking failures

Question 3

Is a train authority required when returning in the rear in station limits or metrol controlled area?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Do you need a train authority when assisting a disabled train in the direction of travel?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

How many train authorities is a driver required to carry?

Answer 5

15

Question 6

How must a driver complete a train authority according to book of rules?

Answer 6

Must be completed in ink and block letters
Must have no erasures alterations or abbreviations
Must be on prescribed form
Brief and clear
Must contain only essential info

Question 7

If instructions on the train authority are unclear or ambiguous, does the driver need to confer with tc?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Is a ta an authorisation to pass a signal at stop in abs safeworking?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

When must a ta be verified with tc?

Answer 9

Driver doesn’t directly receive a ta from tc/signaller
Relief driver is sent out to relieve another driver

Question 10

What is the verification procedure?

Answer 10

Contact tc prior to departure and read entire contents, including:
Ta number
Red serial
Date
Time
Relevant contents and instructions

Question 11

How must a driver endorse the ta?

Answer 11

Word verified with time date and signature across face of form

Question 12

What must be written on an incorrect ta?

Answer 12

Cancelled
Time date and signature