PERSONAL TRACK SAFETY UPDATED EXAMS SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Report it to the ECO.
If the ECO is not available then this can be reported to the signaller. - ✔✔If you found a
"Red Bond" which had become detached what action would you take?
✔✔• The ECO at Cathcart
• GSM-R (Phone number 74 3000 02) - ✔✔Who monitors the Overhead wires, and how
would you contact them?
✔✔• 25,000 Vols
• As being alive and dangerous at all times - ✔✔What is the voltage of the Overhead
Wires and how must you treat the overhead wires and associated equipment?
✔✔• Contact the ECO for the overhead power to be switched off.
• Contact the signaller and request emergency services
, • Do not approach the person until deemed safe to do so by the emergency services. -
✔✔If a person was in contact with the overhead wires what are your responsibilities
✔✔• Red and White chequered board that indicates the position of safety does not exist
on this side of the railway line for the length of the adjacent structure
• Blue and White chequered board that indicates the position of safety does not exist on
this side of the railway line for the length of the adjacent structure there are however
positions of safety on the opposite side of the railway line - ✔✔Describe the following
and what these Indicate to you:
Limited clearance board?
No Refuge board?
✔✔• Prior to a traction unit coming into service
• During train preparation/safety check
• When units are coupled or uncoupled
• After rectification of a brake fault
• To ensure brake continuity & highlight any brake defects - ✔✔When should a brake
test be carried out, & what is Its purpose?
✔✔• A train cannot enter service from a maintenance depot or station if all doors are
inoperable on one side
• A train may enter service from a station location if one door is isolated and labelled out
of use with authority from ScotRail Control. - ✔✔Can trains enter service from a
maintenance depot or station location if any of the doors are inoperable?
✔✔Front - A set of marker lights
Rear - Taillights - ✔✔What must a driver ensure is exhibited at the front and rear of the
train within a Depot?
✔✔• When movement is within a maintenance shed, stabling siding or depot
• If entering a shed or building
• Proceeding onto vehicles
• Approaching buffer stops
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Report it to the ECO.
If the ECO is not available then this can be reported to the signaller. - ✔✔If you found a
"Red Bond" which had become detached what action would you take?
✔✔• The ECO at Cathcart
• GSM-R (Phone number 74 3000 02) - ✔✔Who monitors the Overhead wires, and how
would you contact them?
✔✔• 25,000 Vols
• As being alive and dangerous at all times - ✔✔What is the voltage of the Overhead
Wires and how must you treat the overhead wires and associated equipment?
✔✔• Contact the ECO for the overhead power to be switched off.
• Contact the signaller and request emergency services
, • Do not approach the person until deemed safe to do so by the emergency services. -
✔✔If a person was in contact with the overhead wires what are your responsibilities
✔✔• Red and White chequered board that indicates the position of safety does not exist
on this side of the railway line for the length of the adjacent structure
• Blue and White chequered board that indicates the position of safety does not exist on
this side of the railway line for the length of the adjacent structure there are however
positions of safety on the opposite side of the railway line - ✔✔Describe the following
and what these Indicate to you:
Limited clearance board?
No Refuge board?
✔✔• Prior to a traction unit coming into service
• During train preparation/safety check
• When units are coupled or uncoupled
• After rectification of a brake fault
• To ensure brake continuity & highlight any brake defects - ✔✔When should a brake
test be carried out, & what is Its purpose?
✔✔• A train cannot enter service from a maintenance depot or station if all doors are
inoperable on one side
• A train may enter service from a station location if one door is isolated and labelled out
of use with authority from ScotRail Control. - ✔✔Can trains enter service from a
maintenance depot or station location if any of the doors are inoperable?
✔✔Front - A set of marker lights
Rear - Taillights - ✔✔What must a driver ensure is exhibited at the front and rear of the
train within a Depot?
✔✔• When movement is within a maintenance shed, stabling siding or depot
• If entering a shed or building
• Proceeding onto vehicles
• Approaching buffer stops
