scope:

The scope of this engineering standard covers all areas of the telecommunications systems used on the LU system. It includes the corporate philosophy and principles to be employed to ensure that the whole life asset performance of the telecommunications systems are kept at an optimum level

The philosophy and principles shall form the foundation of the new Communications Engineering standards, and embodies the general principles that govern the approach of LU to the subject of telecommunications engineering. The philosophy and principles are primarily based on the Customer Service Delivery Standards (CSDS), and place special emphasis on safety, security and quality identified by the Users of the telecommunications systems on LU

This standard is the first in a suite of documents to be used for telecommunications systems and equipment. The telecommunications systems installed in the LU rolling stock are covered by current rolling stock standards

Purpose

This standard describes the basic safety principles and key objectives for the performance of telecommunication assets and Communication Equipment Rooms to ensure the safe operation of the Railway

The telecommunications systems used on London Underground (LU) are critical to the effective management of the operational service and general safety and security throughout the corporate organisation. The systems are used in a variety of business processes and provide essential communications links in a number of corporate facilities