ERAILSAFE ACTUAL EXAM SOLVED
QUESTIONS COMPLETE PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● What cannot be worn during your duty?
Answer: Hoods, headphones, sunglasses.
As well as red, yellow or green clothing.
●● Name the track components and what they do.
Answer: Running rail-the rails the train wheels run on.
Fastening- hold the running rail to the sleeper.
Sleeper- support the rails and keep them the correct distance apart.
Ballast- keeps the track and sleepers in place.
●● Describe the track layout for 4 running lines and define the terms.
Answer: Cess: the area alongside the railway.
Four-foot: the space between the two running rails of one line.
Six-foot: the space between a pair of lines.
Four-foot
Ten-Foot: in areas where there are more than 3 lines, it is the wider
space between the two sets of lines.
Four-Foot
,Six-Foot
Four-Foot
Cess
*'Foot' is not an actual measurement*
●● What is a facing point?
Answer: A point that allows trains to leave the line.
●● What is a trailing point?
Answer: A point that allows trains to join the line.
●● What are mileposts?
Answer: Mileposts are located alongside the railway, usually every 1/4
mile. They show mileage from a datum point and how to identify exactly
where a train is located.
A guard would use this to tell a signaller their exact location.
●● When would a person be on or near the line?
Answer: If they are:
-On the line itself
, -Within 3 meters of the nearest running rail and there is no permanent
fence or structure between you and the line
-Within 1.25 meters of a platform edge and completing engineering or
technical work.
●● Are you on or near the line if you are on a level crossing?
Answer: No
●● What is lineside?
Answer: You are on lineside if you are between the railway boundary
and the area called on or near the line.
*or otherwise explained*
You are on lineside if you are further than 3 metres from the nearest
running line but within the railway boundary.
●● Are you on lineside if you are on a platform?
Answer: No.
●● What is a position of safety?
Answer: A safe place to stand when a train is passing.
●● What is a safe distance away from a train travelling less than
100mph?
QUESTIONS COMPLETE PREPARATION
RESOURCE
●● What cannot be worn during your duty?
Answer: Hoods, headphones, sunglasses.
As well as red, yellow or green clothing.
●● Name the track components and what they do.
Answer: Running rail-the rails the train wheels run on.
Fastening- hold the running rail to the sleeper.
Sleeper- support the rails and keep them the correct distance apart.
Ballast- keeps the track and sleepers in place.
●● Describe the track layout for 4 running lines and define the terms.
Answer: Cess: the area alongside the railway.
Four-foot: the space between the two running rails of one line.
Six-foot: the space between a pair of lines.
Four-foot
Ten-Foot: in areas where there are more than 3 lines, it is the wider
space between the two sets of lines.
Four-Foot
,Six-Foot
Four-Foot
Cess
*'Foot' is not an actual measurement*
●● What is a facing point?
Answer: A point that allows trains to leave the line.
●● What is a trailing point?
Answer: A point that allows trains to join the line.
●● What are mileposts?
Answer: Mileposts are located alongside the railway, usually every 1/4
mile. They show mileage from a datum point and how to identify exactly
where a train is located.
A guard would use this to tell a signaller their exact location.
●● When would a person be on or near the line?
Answer: If they are:
-On the line itself
, -Within 3 meters of the nearest running rail and there is no permanent
fence or structure between you and the line
-Within 1.25 meters of a platform edge and completing engineering or
technical work.
●● Are you on or near the line if you are on a level crossing?
Answer: No
●● What is lineside?
Answer: You are on lineside if you are between the railway boundary
and the area called on or near the line.
*or otherwise explained*
You are on lineside if you are further than 3 metres from the nearest
running line but within the railway boundary.
●● Are you on lineside if you are on a platform?
Answer: No.
●● What is a position of safety?
Answer: A safe place to stand when a train is passing.
●● What is a safe distance away from a train travelling less than
100mph?
