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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-59/annex-VI/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-59/annex-VI/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2007/59",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-59",
  "path": "annex/VI/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "KNOWLEDGE OF THE LINE",
  "text": "Drivers must be able to anticipate problems and react appropriately in terms of safety and other performances, such as punctuality and economic aspects. They must therefore have a thorough knowledge of the railway lines and installations on their route and of any alternative routes agreed on.\nThe following aspects are important:\noperational conditions (changes of track, one-way running, etc.),\nperform a route check and consult the relevant documents,\nidentification of tracks that can be used for a given type of running,\nthe applicable traffic rules and the meaning of the signalling system,\nthe operations regime,\nthe block system and associated regulations,\nstation names and the position, and distance-sighting of stations and signal boxes to adapt driving accordingly,\ntransition signalling between different operating or power supply systems,\nspeed limits for the different train categories driven,\ntopographical profiles,\nparticular braking conditions, for example on lines with a steep downward gradient,\nparticular operating features: special signals, signs, departure conditions, etc.",
  "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/eudr/2007/59/annex/VI/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:23.872502+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."
}