Train Staff And Ticket Flashcards
What is the object of train staff and ticket system?
To prevent more that one train being in the single line section at the same time
True of false: at a staff and ticket location, Before a train departs a station the train staff must be at that station?
True
What is required when a number of trains are to travel through a section in one direction?
They are issued with a ‘train staff ticket’ as their authority and they must sight the staff as they are issued
Can a label be affixed to a staff with illegible station names?
Yes
If a train staff is lost or over-carried at the wrong end of the section, what happens?
The train staff and ticket system is suspended all traffic will be conducted under a Train Authority
What does the code word AUDI mean?
Permission GRANTED to obstruct the single line outside the Home signal or beyond the outer facing points
What does the code word AWAK mean?
The obstruction outside the home signal or beyond the outer facing points is now cleared
What does the code word APIX mean?
Train has left here at: ________
What does the code word ACRE mean?
Train has arrived complete
What does the code word AMAS mean?
With master key
What key opens the train staff ticket box?
The train staff for the section
True or False: staffs for adjoining sections are shaped differently so that the staff can only open the applicable ticket box
True
What is the colour for an UP Train and the colour for a DOWN train?
White for Down
Pink for UP
Who fills in the ‘Train Staff Ticket’ and what must also be done when ticket is handed over to driver?
The signaller or officer in charge fills in the ticket and they must show the driver the correct train staff
If several trains are travelling the same direction, who is handed the train staff?
The driver of the last train to pass through the section
What are staff locked points?
How are they unlocked?
Points to intermediate sidings in some train staff and ticket sections.
The train staff for the section is inserted and turned to the right to withdraw the locking bolt.
When a train travelling on a train staff ticket is to shunt at a siding where points are staff locked, what must be handed to the driver and must also be written on the train staff ticket?
The Master Key
If a driver or competent worker is required to receive or deliver a train staff, or deliver a train staff ticket to a person on a platform, what must the speed not exceed?
25km/h
* 10km/h for sprinters
True or false: when a driver is to receive a train staff ticket for the next section, the train must be stopped?
True
When a train carrying the train staff is travelling AWAY from staff station where shunting operations are required, when can the shunting commence? (4 bullet points)
- Beyond distant signal if provided
- Beyond repeating signal if provided
- 600 metres beyond the outer facing points (where no signal is provided)
- Beyond the location board where provided
What are station limits in train staff and ticket system?
The line extending between opposing Home signals
