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Level 2 specification

NR/L2/TEL/30030

Managing the Optical Requirements of CCTV Systems for Driver Only Operation (Passenger) (formerly RT/E/P/30030)

Issue 5, August 2008 (compliance 26 August 2008)

Short procedure for how Network Rail manages DOO(P) platform CCTV optics: who is responsible, using NR/SP/TEL/30023 for new schemes, and how existing camera/monitor installations are checked, risk-assessed and either brought up to standard or formally accepted.

Clause map — what each clause deals with

1PurposeSets out how Network Rail manages the optics of driver-viewed platform CCTV for DOO(P), working with 30023 to meet the Group Standards on DOO
2ScopeCovers design and installation of new DOO(P) CCTV and assessment of existing systems; where mirrors and CCTV are mixed it applies to the CCTV sections, with no gaps at the joins
3Reference documentationLists the Group Standards on DOO and DOO CCTV plus the NR optical specification 30023 and the communications schemes procedure 30022
4DefinitionsDefines DOO CCTV as the platform camera and monitor equipment drivers use to watch train doors
5ResponsibilitiesNames who owns compliance for existing systems, who owns it on schemes (the appointed Communications Engineer), and who signs off any decision not to upgrade
6.1BackgroundExplains why 30023 exists: the Group Standard pointed to an optical specification that was never published, so NR issued its own as an interim fill
6.2New contracts or new installationsNew DOO CCTV contracts and installations must meet the minimum optical requirements in 30023
6.3Existing installationsExisting systems get the 30023 maintenance checks and records, camera positions checked against its coverage clause, a risk assessment of shortfalls, and senior sign-off of any accepted deficiency or remedial plan