scope:

With in the suite of handbooks and also in the track engineering standards there is much information which is designed to assist the assist the track maintenance teams and their managers to achieve a good quality of track. This handbook specifically sets out to provide practical guidance on how to manage track quality.

Section 2 of this handbook describes what track quality is and focuses the reason for track maintenance and the resources provided to undertake it.

Section 3 introduces the subsequent sections under the heading of achieving track quality.

Section 4, planning for quality sets out how a quality plan needs to be approached in the track environment.

Section 5 deals with executing work track quality and as such is perhaps a key section in the process of achieving track quality (section 3). As such it will deal with putting the plan into action including responsibilities and supervision.

Section 6 covers the fundamental issue of Quality through people which concentrates in the need for properly trained people with whom we maintain good communications in order to achieve the track quality we are seeking.

Section 7, Material quality, deals with materials, and details their part in ensuring quality.

Section 8 makes references to the need for procedures and how they are part of the quality process.

Section 9 quality checking, details how to ensure that quality has been achieved and is being maintained.