scope:

The requirements of this standard apply to the control of access by all Network Rail employees and the employees of contractors directly engaged by Network Rail who need access to the driving cabs of any trains operated on Network Rail managed infrastructure.

For the purposes of this standard Network Rail managed infrastructure excludes all high speed infrastructure managed by Network Rail on the route between St. Pancras International and the boundary points with the conventional domestic network, DB Schenke infrastructure and the Eurotunnel concession at Dagenham Dock Junctions, Ebbsfleet, Ashford, Dollands Moor, and Cheriton.

Purpose

To define the circumstances and arrangements under which Network Rail employees and the employees of its contractors can access the driving cabs of trains operated on Network Rail managed infrastructure.

To enable Network Rail to meet its cab access control obligations under Department for Transport security instructions and the obligations towards train operator duty holders who are responsible for the safety critical driving cab environment