scope:

This specification details the manufacturing requirements of the 10-core Cables used to connect items of trackside mounted signal equipment to the fixed lineside cable infrastructure.

These cables are classified as items of vital signalling equipment which means that they may be used to perform a critical safety function directly affecting the safe movement of trains. They have been designed to be ultra reliable items of equipment whose mechanical and electrical integrity will be relied on throughout an extended working life.

For the details of items covered by this specification see section 6 of this specification.