Rail Industry Standards Infrastructure

Rolling Stock

Traffic Operation and Management Plant

AC Electrification Energy

Setting a common system of specifications

Standards play a vital role in making our railways safer, more efficient and more sustainable.

As Great Britain’s independent rail body, the Rail Safety and Standards Board has been developing and maintaining industry agreed standards over the past 20 years. Our standards ensure compatibility and harmonisation across the UK railway industry.

And in our latest standards updates we have introduced changes for AC electrification that deliver benefits of at least £27 million to the industry over the next 5 years. The changes will reduce costs associated with new electrification schemes and provide confidence that trains and the electrification infrastructure are compatible.

For more information visit: www.rssb.co.uk/ac-electrification-standards