scope:

This standard applies to the expansion or development of existing Adhesion Management systems and any new Adhesion Management system which is retrofitted to existing assets or is installed as part of new asset introduction.

This standard mandates that a predictive adhesion management system shall be implemented before ATO is introduced on any open section of the LU network

The objective of adhesion management is the delivery of the required service performance:-

• Safely and reliably, with the minimum risk of adhesion induced incidents
• In accordance with the defined Operational Concept
• With the risk of sustaining asset damage minimised
• With the cost of the required mitigation measures reduced as far as practicable

Any Adhesion Management System is cross asset and cross discipline and involves the track, rolling stock and signalling/Automatic Train Control (ATC) assets. The requirements of this Standard are applicable to all of these Asset areas.

The associated Guidance Document (G0183) provides background information, an explanation of the various issues and includes possible means of achieving the requirements defined in this Standard

Purpose 

The purpose of this standard is to define the adhesion management requirements which shall be implemented before Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is introduced on any open section of the LU network.

This standard covers the requirements which are specific to adhesion management. Requirements which are in other standards have therefore not been duplicated in this document.

The implementation of the defined adhesion management measures is required to minimise the likelihood of a "compromised adhesion induced" service incident when operating in ATO on the open sections of the LU Network.

The implementation of appropriate adhesion management measures is also required on manually driven lines to minimise the likelihood of a "compromised adhesion induced" service incident when operating on the open sections.