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Division 3.2 Essential requirements — overviewF1

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The essential requirements cover:

  • safety,

  • reliability and availability,

  • health,

  • environmental protection,

  • technical compatibility,

  • accessibility.

According to Directive 2008/57/EC, the essential requirements may be generally applicable to the whole European rail system or be specific to each subsystem and its constituents.

The following table summarises the correspondence between the essential requirements set out in Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC and this TSI.

Clause Clause title Safety Reliability & Availability Health Environmental protection Technical compatibility Essential requirements specific to operation and traffic management
1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.2 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.4.5 1.5 2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3
4.2.1.2 Documentation for drivers X X X
4.2.1.2.1 Rule Book X X X
4.2.1.2.2 Route Book X X
4.2.1.2.2.1 Preparation of the Route Book X
4.2.1.2.2.2 Modification to information contained within the Route Book X X
4.2.1.2.2.3 Informing the driver in real time X X X
4.2.1.2.3 Timetables X X X
4.2.1.2.4 Rolling stock X X X
4.2.1.3 Documentation for railway undertaking staff other than drivers X X X
4.2.1.4 Documentation for infrastructure manager’s staff authorising train movements X X X
4.2.1.5 Safety-related communications between train crew, other railway undertaking staff and staff authorising train movements X X X X
4.2.2.1 Train visibility X X X
4.2.2.1.1 General requirement X X X
4.2.2.1.2 Front end X X X
4.2.2.1.3 Rear end X X X
4.2.2.2 Train audibility X X X X
4.2.2.2.1 General requirement X X X
4.2.2.2.2 Control X X
4.2.2.3 Vehicle identification X X X
4.2.2.4 Safety of passengers and load X
4.2.2.5 Train composition X
4.2.2.6 Train braking X X X
4.2.2.6.1 Minimum requirements of the braking system X X X
4.2.2.6.2 Braking performance X X X
4.2.2.7 Ensuring that the train is in running order X X X
4.2.2.7.1 General requirement X X
4.2.2.7.2 Data required X X
4.2.2.8 Requirements for signal and line-side marker sighting X X
4.2.2.9 Driver vigilance X
4.2.3.1 Train planning X X X
4.2.3.2 Identification of trains X X X
4.2.3.3 Train departure X X
4.2.3.3.1 Checks and tests before departure X X X X
4.2.3.3.2 Informing the infrastructure manager of the train’s operational status X X X X
4.2.3.4 Traffic management X X X
4.2.3.4.1 General requirements X X X
4.2.3.4.2 Train reporting X X X
4.2.3.4.2.1 Data required for train position reporting X X
4.2.3.4.2.2 Predicted handover time X X
4.2.3.4.3 Dangerous goods X X
4.2.3.4.4 Operational quality X X
4.2.3.5 Data recording X X
4.2.3.5.1 Recording of supervision data outside the train X X
4.2.3.5.2 Recording of supervision data on board the train X X
4.2.3.6 Degraded operation X X X
4.2.3.6.1 Advice to other users X X
4.2.3.6.2 Advice to train drivers X
4.2.3.6.3 Contingency arrangements X X X
4.2.3.7 Managing an emergency situation X X X
4.2.3.8 Aid to train crew in the event of an incident or of a major rolling stock malfunction X
4.4 ERTMS operating rules X X
4.6 Professional qualifications X X X
4.7 Health and safety conditions X

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/995 of 8 June 2015 amending Decision 2012/757/EU concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘operation and traffic management’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance).