Rail interoperability

Rail interoperability regulations, standards and derogations.

Guidance and regulation

Railway interoperability: National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs)
- Guidance
- 22 March 2022
- Department for Transport
Rail interoperability: current national technical rules
- Guidance
- 22 March 2024
- Department for Transport
Railway safety legislation: stakeholder guidance
- Detailed guide
- 6 October 2023
- Department for Transport
Railways interoperability: EU Exit regulations
- Detailed guide
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Transport
Ending the recognition of EU certification for rail interoperability constituents, subsystems and entities in charge of maintenance for domestic freight wagons
- Detailed guide
- 7 December 2022
- Department for Transport

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News and communications

Rail interoperability: exemptions and decisions
- 12 June 2023
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Innovative solutions exemption for trackside signalling requirements between Paddington and Heathrow
- 5 July 2022
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Innovative solutions exemption from evacuation door requirements: 8 Elizabeth Line stations
- 25 November 2021
- Department for Transport
- Decision
The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2022: draft legislation
- 18 October 2021
- Department for Transport
- Written statement
Telematics applications for passengers and freight: implementation plan
- 18 February 2016
- Department for Transport
- Correspondence

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Research and statistics

Post implementation review of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011
- 21 February 2017
- Department for Transport and Regulatory Policy Committee
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011: 2021 review
- 15 March 2022
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 12 July 2021
New guides for the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010
- 5 February 2020
- Office of Rail and Road
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 11 February 2019
Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011: authorisation approach
- 26 September 2017
- Office of Rail and Road
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 03 March 2017
Channel Tunnel: transposition of railway safety and interoperability directives
- 13 March 2013
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 14 December 2012
Rail technical standards: provisional common framework
- 30 September 2021
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

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Organisations

Department for Transport

Regulatory Policy Committee