Publications

Question 1

How do you update your rule book?

Answer 1

Hard copy new modules will be updated and posted in your pigeon hole every June and December.

Updates are also provided as and when in both the PON and the WON

Question 2

What publications must be carried in your drivers bag?

Answer 2

The WON and the PON

Question 3

What publication does the RSSB supply?

Answer 3

The rule book

Question 4

What publications do Network Rail supply

Answer 4

The sectional appendix

The PON

The WON

Question 5

What publications do GTR supply?

Answer 5

The rule book appendix

The competence criteria

Question 6

What publications do Southern supply?

Answer 6

The Professional Driving Policy

Braking regs

Question 7

How often is the PON updated?

Answer 7

Every 3 months

Question 8

How many parts is the PON divided into?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

What are the 2 different sections that the PON is divided into?

Answer 9

Section A contains Items published for the first time in the PON

Section B Items previously published but still remains valid

Question 10

What does this symbol mean in the PON

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Answer 10

This is the last time this information will appear in the PON

Question 11

If there is a thick black line next to text in the PON, what does it indicate?

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Answer 11

This is new information

Question 12

When in the PON, what does a ‘crucifix’ indicate?

Answer 12

That a speed restriction has been moved further along the track

Question 13

What information will be published in the WON?

Answer 13

STEP G

Safety Notices
Temporary speed restrictions
Engineering arrangements
P-way alterations and signalling
General instructions

Question 14

What is a cat A SPAD?

Answer 14

Cat A is a driver error leading to a signal at danger being passed.

Question 15

What is a cat B SPAD

Answer 15

A Cat B SPAD when a signal has been passed, but the error is due to infrastructure, such as a signal fault or a failed track circuit

Question 16

Where would you find the WON?

Answer 16

In the depot

Question 17

When reading a network rail publication, how would you recognise a southern route?

Answer 17

It will be identified with the code SO500+ (the number may be greater than 500)