NR NR/L2/CIV/076 ISSUE 1 PDF

The scope of this process applies to temporary and permanent Network Rail owned or managed, Shared or External Party Bridges. 

It specifically applies to the following asset types:

• Underline Bridges spanning roads or under which vehicular traffic may reasonably be expected to pass;

• Underline Bridges spanning Navigable Waterways, except those navigable only by small pleasure craft and other small vessels;

• Overline Bridges carrying roads, or which may reasonably be expected to carry vehicular traffic; 

• Footbridge spans which span both the railway and an adjacent road.

The scope of this process does not apply to:

• Rafted Properties, Station Undercrofts, pedestrian subways and Footbridges that do not span a road;

• the management of the risk of Bridge Strikes by rail vehicles or their loads or by rail-mounted plant;

• the management of the risk of vehicle incursions onto Network Rail infrastructure, except where such incursions are the consequence of collisions of vehicles with parapets of Bridges;

This standard applies to those appointed by or on behalf of Network Rail for the management of Overline and Underline Bridges, and for the examination and reporting of Bridge Strikes.

Guidance for Bridge Strike Nominees (BSN) on the management of Bridge Strikes is provided in NR/GN/CIV/201 Managing Bridge Strike incidents - good practice guide for Bridge Strike Nominees.

Guidance on the management of the risk of Bridge Strikes is provided in NR/GN/CIV/202 Management of the risk of Bridge Strikes.

Purpose 

This document sets out the procedures for managing the risk to the operational railway from Bridge Strikes. It also defines the processes and the responsibilities for the response to reported Bridge Strike incidents, including the management of reports following a Bridge Strike incident. 

Procedures detailed in this standard are intended to safeguard the operational railway from unacceptable risk due to Bridge Strikes, and reduce train delays resulting from Bridge Strikes, as far as is reasonably practicable.