PTI
Platform train interface
DKS
Door key switch
DCP
Door control panel
TRTS
Train ready to start (platform button)
Train safety check
Hazard light extinguished before carry out train safety check
Train doors have closed
Nothing trapped in doors people or objects
Nobody is in contact with train
Safe to start train
Bell buzzer codes
Stop
Ready to start
Draw forward
1 for stop
2 for ready to start
6 for draw forward
What are the three hazard groups categoriesed into
Customer factors
Environmental factors
Platforms factors
What is dispatching a train
Opening and closing train doors safely
Managing the platform train interface
Observing the dispatch corridor
Ensuring you have the correct signals and route indications
Communicating to the driver when the train can safely leave the platform
What does the PTI include
The length of the train platform
The width of the platform and train
Up to the bedside furthest from the platform
The height of the train encompassing electrification systems or live train mounted electrical equipment
What does the DKS do
Powers the local doors
What should you do before carrying out the train safety check
Ensure orange hazard lights have extinguished before carrying out the train safety check
After completing all train safety checks and are you ready to go what should you do ?
Buzz the driver to inform him all is safe and you are ready to go
Signals and way to give them to tell a driver your ready to go
Bell buzzer code (2)
Green flag
Green light
Bell buzzer codes
1 = stop
1-2 = ready power operated doors
2 = ready to start
2-2 = do not open doors
3 =set back change cabs
3-2-1 = door test (do not repeat)
3-3 = driver & guard speak to each other
4 = slow down
6 = draw forward
9 = police assistance required
Bell buzzer what does 1-2 mean
1-2 = ready power operated doors
Bell buzzer codes what does 2-2 mean
Do not open doors
Bell buzzer codes what does 3 mean
Set back change cabs
Bell buzzer codes what does 3-2-1 mean
Door test (do not repeat)
Bell buzzer codes what does 3-3 mean
Driver and conductor need to speak
Bell buzzer codes what does 4 mean
Slow down
Bell buzzer codes what does 9 mean
Police assistance required
Ways to communicate with driver
Face to face
Cab to cab phone
Bell buzzer codes
Flags
Lights
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