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developing<br />

Railtrack is actively<br />

working with its<br />

partners throughout<br />

the European rail<br />

industry to ensure that<br />

the technical standards<br />

adopted match the<br />

interests of the UK<br />

rail industry<br />

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appropriate routes of the network.<br />

As part of our Safety Case, we must formally accept<br />

and certify new or modified vehicles and locomotives before<br />

they can operate on the network.This process is jointly<br />

undertaken by us and train operators through our Rolling<br />

Stock Acceptance Board.Introduced in 1997 to address<br />

previous problems in this area,the Rolling Stock Acceptance<br />

Board successfully accepted the following new vehicles into<br />

service in 1998.<br />

• Heathrow Express Class 332 electric unit<br />

• Chiltern <strong>Railways</strong> Class 168 diesel unit<br />

• EWS Class 66 freight locomotive<br />

• Midland Main Line Class 170/1 diesel unit<br />

• A range of freight wagons.<br />

Staged programmes of work are continuing to ensure the<br />

timely acceptance of many other vehicles over the Plan<br />

period.<br />

<strong>The</strong> main new vehicles planned for acceptance in the next<br />

three years are shown below.<br />

Entry into service<br />

1999 Eurostar North of London – Electric<br />

Central Trains – Diesel<br />

Anglia <strong>Railways</strong> – Diesel<br />

ScotRail – Diesel<br />

ScotRail – Electric<br />

Connex South Eastern – Electric<br />

<strong>LT</strong>S – Electric<br />

South West Trains – Electric<br />

Gatwick Express – Electric<br />

EWS – Freight Electric (Route extension)<br />

Freightliner – Diesel conversion<br />

EWS – Freight Diesel (Class 67)<br />

Railtrack – Multipurpose vehicles.<br />

2000 First North Western – Diesel<br />

First North Western – High-speed diesel<br />

First Great Western – High-speed diesel<br />

Northern Spirit – Electric<br />

Railtrack – High-speed track relaying machine.<br />

2001 Virgin CrossCountry – High-speed diesel<br />

Virgin West Coast – High-speed electric tilting.<br />

Interoperability<br />

In July 1996,Directive 96/48/EC on high-speed<br />

interoperability was issued to facilitate the improved passage<br />

of rail traffic between member states of the European<br />

Union.<strong>The</strong> provisions of this directive will be introduced into<br />

UK legislation this year. All new and upgraded high-speed<br />

passenger lines and rolling stock will have to comply with<br />

European specifications,subject to certain derogations.<br />

Railtrack is actively working with its partners throughout the<br />

European rail industry to ensure that the technical standards<br />

adopted match the interests of the UK rail industry.

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