{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735/annex/division-4/division-4.3/division-4.3.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735/annex/division-4/division-4.3/division-4.3.16.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2002/735",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 May 2002 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 96/48/EC (notified under document number C(2002) 1952) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/735/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735",
  "path": "annex/division/4/division/4.3/division/4.3.16",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.3.16",
  "heading": "Public address system",
  "text": "Trains shall be equipped with a means of communication:\nfor the train crew and ground control to address the passengers in a train,\nfor the train crew and ground control to communicate between one another, using the track to train link,\nfor internal communication between the train crew, especially between the driver and staff in the passenger saloons.\nThe equipment shall be able remain on standby and function independent of the catenary supply for at least three hours.\nThe public address system shall be designed so as to operate 50 % of its loudspeakers in the event of a failure of one of the transmission elements.\nApart from the emergency alarm (see Section 4.2.12) no specific provisions are prescribed for passengers to contact train crew or ground control.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/735/annex/division/4/division/4.3/division/4.3.16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:29.829862+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}