DMRG Rules 60Chapter IX · Permanent Way and Works

Section 60 · Track work in non-traffic hours

(1)

No maintenance staff shall enter on to the track of any running line without the permission of the Traffic Controller.

(2)

Non-traffic hours are defined as the hours between the passage of the last train, including any works train, and a published time before start of traffic in the morning and the normal time shall be published in the relevant Handbooks which may be varied from time to time by the metro railway.

(3)

Maintenance staff requiring to carry out inspection or repair of equipment which does not effect the integrity of the track not require the use of ladders or scaffolding, may enter on the track under the following conditions, namely:-

(a)

the Traffic Controller shall give permission, specifying the location and area for which permission is given and the time by which staff have left the track ;

(b)

the Traffic Controller shall log the time, location and name of the person to whom permission under Clause (a) has been given ;

(c)

on completion of the work, the person to whom permission has been under Clause (a) given shall report to the Traffic Controller, identify himself and affirm that he and his equipment are clear of the track and that it is safe for service to resume;

(d)

if the work cannot be completed within the allotted time, the person to whom permission has been given under Clause (a) shall inform the Traffic Controller before the expiry of the time he has been allotted and agree with the Traffic Controller for an extension of time and the institution of an Engineer's Possession ; and ;

(e)

the Traffic Controller shall not permit the start of normal service until all permissions to work have been properly given up and rescinded.

(4)

All other works carried on in non-traffic hours shall be protected by an Engineer's Possession.

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