NR NR/SIN/140 ISSUE 1 PDF

This SIN applies to all station platforms.

The appointed contractor is to prepare, plan, execute and report on the inspection / survey results with respect to the stated issue

Purpose

This Special Instructoin Notice (SIN) is issued following two incidents reported recently involving a baby push chair and a wheelchair rolling towards the edge of a platform. It requires Route Asset Managers [Buildings] responsible for station platforms as part of the Operational Property portfolio to:

a) instruct and manage an inspection / examination of platform gradients by utilising the current CEFA contractor or a competent surveyor; and

b) identify if a hazardous cross-fall exists (platform surface sloping towards the rear of the coper).