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A copy of the 2002 edition of the National Routeing Guide. The railway network of Great Britain is operated with the aid of a number of documents, which have been sometimes termed "technical manuals", [1] because they are more detailed than the pocket-timetables which the public encounters every day.
In theory, paper copies are also available for public purchase, which in 2002 cost £12.50, the same price as one volume of the multi-part "National Fares Manual", which provides details of all fares on the network in 7 volumes. Enthusiasts using the routeing guide to identify good value travel often use the two together.
Rule 55 was an operating rule which applied on British railways in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was superseded by the modular rulebook following re-privatisation of the railways. [1] [2] It survives, very differently named: the driver of a train waiting at a signal on a running line must remind the signaller of its presence. [3]
The director of the UK Railway Inspectorate commented in 2004 that "the use of level crossings contributes the greatest potential for catastrophic risk on the railways." [2] The creation of new level crossings on the national network is now illegal (the exceptions being reopening unavoidable crossings on brand new lines or reopening closed ...
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; UK railway technical manuals
The British Rail Class 166 Networker Turbo is a fleet of diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains, built by ABB Transportation at their Holgate Road Works in York between 1992 and 1993. They were specified by and built for British Rail , the state-owned railway operator in Great Britain at the time.
British Railway History. An outline from the accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways, 1830–1876 (vol 1. G. Allen and Unwin, 1954) Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalization of Railways, 1877–1947. Vol. 2 (G. Allen and Unwin, 1959); see JSTOR 3825351.
Stornophone 6000 Cab Secure Radio. Cab Secure Radio (CSR) was an in-cab analogue radiotelephone system formerly used on parts of the British railway network.Its main function was to provide a secure speech link between the train driver and the signaller which could not be overheard by other train drivers.