Module M2 (Issue 7 December 2023)
If your train is stopped by failure, you must immediately tell the signaller about the circumstances and whether you need an assisting train.
If you cannot speak to the signaller by using the GSM-R radio, you must use the quickest available means of doing so.
the exact location of the failed train
that the failed train will not be moved
the type of assisting train needed, and
the direction from which it is needed.
You must tell the guard if you leave the failed train to speak to the signaller or carry out protection. You should also tell them the direction from which assistance will be provided, if known.
After you have asked for assistance, you must not move your train until:
the assisting train arrives, or
you have agreed alternative arrangements with the signaller and anyone else concerned.
You must make sure that:
if assistance will be coming from the rear, a red light is displayed at the rear of your failed train
if assistance will be coming from the front, a white light is displayed at the front of your failed train.
When the signaller tells you that the assisting train is ready to enter the section, you must ask the signaller to put you into contact with the driver of the assisting train by GSM-R radio.
You do not need to do this if the failed train will be clearly visible from the location where the assisting train is standing.
You must speak to the driver of the assisting train using GSM-R radio, to get or give any necessary information. You must make sure that you tell the driver the exact location of the failed train.
If you cannot speak to the driver of the assisting train by means of GSM-R radio, you must:
remain on the train
give the signaller any necessary information to tell the driver of the assisting train, including the exact location of the failed train
wait for the assisting train to arrive.
During poor visibility, if you cannot speak to the driver of the assisting train by means of GSM-R radio, you must go to one of the following:
300 metres from your train in the direction from which the assisting train will approach.
A stop signal that is less than 300 metres from your train, providing the signaller has confirmed that the signal is protecting your train.
A tunnel entrance that is less than 300 metres from your train.
If your train has failed within a tunnel and the distance of 300 metres then falls inside the tunnel, you must continue through the tunnel to the far end.
You must:
 stay at this point and wait for the assisting train to arrive
display a hand danger signal to the driver of the assisting train when it approaches.
During poor visibility, if the signaller has not been able to put you in contact with the driver of the assisting train, you must get in the driving cab of the assisting train and confirm to the driver the exact location of the failed train.
During the movement towards the failed train, you must proceed at caution and travel at a speed not exceeding 25 mph.
If you are in GSM-R contact with the driver of the failed train, you must always use GSM-R radio to speak to that driver to get or give any necessary information before the movement.
You must speak to the driver of the failed train if it is necessary to get or give any necessary information during the movement, but it is not necessary for you to speak continuously during the movement.
If the signaller has not been able to put you in contact with the driver of the failed train, you must follow any instructions regarding the movement from the signaller. The signaller will tell you any information that has been given by the driver of the failed train, including its exact location.
You must keep a look out for, and stop to pick up, the driver of the failed train.
You must only enter a tunnel if:
you have already picked up the driver of the failed train, or
you know that the driver of the failed train is not in the tunnel and that the tunnel is clear.
If you have not already picked up the driver of the failed train, or the driver is not waiting at the point you have been told, you must:
stay at that location
wait for the driver of the failed train to arrive.
After you have picked up the driver, and that driver has confirmed the exact location of the failed train, you must proceed at caution towards the train.
If you are the driver of the assisting train, you must make sure that:
your train is coupled correctly to the failed train
the automatic brake, if compatible, is connected.
If you are the driver of the train that is assisting at the rear of the failed train, you must:
temporarily isolate the TPWS before the movement starts
reinstate the TPWS when the movement is finished.
If your train has failed within an emergency special working section or a temporary block working section, and you cannot contact the signaller immediately.
Either proceed to:
The full protection distance of 2 kilometres from the train where you must place three detonators on the line 20 metres apart.
Or to:
A location less than 2 kilometres from the train where you can communicate with the signaller.
If a train approaches before you reach the full protection distance, you must immediately place three detonators on the line and show a hand danger signal to the driver.
If you reach a telephone linked to a signal box, or reach a signal box, within the full protection distance, you must first place three detonators on the line at the telephone or at the signal box, and then speak to the signaller.
If you reach a tunnel entrance before reaching the full protection distance, you must place three detonators at the tunnel entrance. If the full protection distance then falls inside the tunnel, you must continue through the tunnel to the far end and place three detonators there.
When you have completed the emergency protection you must return to your train unless:
you still need to contact the signaller and you must continue as far as necessary to do so
visibility is poor, in which case if you have spoken to the signaller and the assisting train will arrive from the rear of the failed train, you must stay at the location of the emergency protection.
If you have to stay at the location of the emergency protection you must:
wait there for the assisting train to arrive
display a hand danger signal to the driver of the assisting train when it approaches.