# The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010, Paragraph 4


In relation to the basic principles of railway infrastructure the driver must have acquired knowledge of —
(a) systematic and structural principles and parameters;
(b) the general characteristics of tracks, stations, marshalling yards;
(c) railway structures (bridges, tunnels, points, etc.);
(d) operating modes (single track, double track operation, etc.);
(e) signalling and train control systems;
(f) safety installations (hot-axle box detectors, smoke detectors in tunnels, etc.) and
(g) traction power supply (catenary, third rail, etc.).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/724/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/train-driving-licences-and-certificates-regulations-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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