# Commission Decision of 14 November 2012 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘operation and traffic management’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and amending Decision 2007/756/EC (notified under document C(2012) 8075) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/757/EU), Division 4.2.1.2.2.1: Preparation of the Route Book

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The format of the Route Book must be prepared in the same manner for all the infrastructures worked over by the trains of an individual railway undertaking.
The railway undertaking is responsible for the complete and correct compilation of the Route Book, using the information supplied by the infrastructure manager(s).
The infrastructure manager must provide the railway undertaking with at least the information for the Route Book as defined in Appendix D.
The following information must be included (this list is not exhaustive):
(a) the general operating characteristics:
(a) type of signalling system and corresponding operational regime (double track, reversible working, left- or right-hand running, etc.),
(b) type of power supply,
(c) type of track to train radio equipment.
(b) indication of rising and falling gradients with their gradient values and location;
(c) detailed line diagram:
names of stations on the line and key locations and their location,
tunnels, including location, name, length, specific information such as the existence of walkways and points of safe egress as well as the location of safe areas where evacuation of passengers can take place,
essential locations such as neutral sections,
permissible speed limits for each track, including, if necessary, differential speeds relating to certain types of train,
the responsible infrastructure manager,
means of communication with the traffic management/control centre in normal and degraded mode.
The infrastructure manager must ensure that the content of the documentation provided to the railway undertaking(s) is complete and accurate.
The railway undertaking must ensure that the content of the Route Book is complete and accurate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/757/annex/I/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.1/division/4.2.1.2/division/4.2.1.2.2/division/4.2.1.2.2.1 (the official version)
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