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Train protection and warning system (TPWS) exemptions
ORR's consultation on Network Rail’s exemption application for the removal of TPWS at specified permanent speed restrictions (19 January 2007) is available as a related link. The consultation ended on 2 March 2007.
Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (RSR)
RSR regulation 3(1) prohibited the operation of a train on a railway with a line speed of over 25mph, unless a train protection system is in service in relation to that train on that railway from 1 January 2004.
Regulation 6 of the RSR allows ORR to grant exemptions from any requirement imposed by the RSR and to attach conditions to any such exemptions.
All requests for exemption, and subsequent decisions, have been posted on ORR’s website. All correspondence related to decisions is available to the public on request.
Applications for TPWS exemptions
| Company | Decision date | Certificates |
|---|---|---|
| Network Rail | 7 May 2008 |
- Exemption certificate |
| Train Operating Companies | 7 May 2008 | - Exemption certificate Exemption under Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of engineering trains track maintenance machines, locomotives and track recording trains |
| Network Rail (CTRL) Ltd | 9 April 2008 | - Exemption certificate Exemption under Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of a certain class of train on a limited section of CTRL infrastructure between 14 April 2008 and 14 October 2008 |
| London & South Eastern Trains Ltd | 9 April 2008 |
- Exemption certificate |
| Network Rail (CTRL) Ltd | 30 Aug 2007 | - Exemption certificate - Covering letter Exemption under Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of a certain class of train on a limited section of CTRL infrastructure on 4 September 2007 |
| Eurotunnel | 30 Aug 2007 | - Exemption certificate - Covering letter Exemption under Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of a certain class of train on Eurotunnel controlled infrastructure on 4 September 2007 |
| Eurostar (UK) Ltd | 30 Aug 2007 | - Exemption certificate - Exemption certificate - Covering letter Exemption under Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of a certain class of train on sections of CTRL and Eurotunnel controlled infrastructure on 4 September 2007 |
| Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Ltd | 27 Jun 2007 |
- Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Ltd exemption certificate |
| Network Rail (CTRL) Ltd | 8 Jun 2007 |
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd exemption under section 6 of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the removal of TPWS at certain permanent speed restrictions. The Consultation Document and press notices about the consultation and granting of the exemption are in related links. |
| London Underground Ltd/Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Ltd | 2 Apr 2007 | - London Undergound Ltd exemption certificate - Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Ltd exemption certificate - Exemptions from train protection requirements contained in Regulation 3(1) of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 for the operation of engineering trains in possession on London Underground infrastructure between 6 and 9 April 2007 |
| London Underground Ltd/GB Railfreight/TransPlant 1 May 2005 |
27 Jul 2006 |
- LUL exemption certificate |
| Network Rail - Waverley and Ashford 1 Nov 2003 |
22 Dec 2003 | Network Rail's exemption certificate TOC exemption certificate |
| Network Rail - temporary speed restrictions (TSRs) 1 Oct 2003 |
24 Dec 2003 | Network Rail's exemption certificate TOCs exemption certificate |
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