Rail interoperability

Rail interoperability regulations, standards and derogations.

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Services

• Rail interoperability exemption application form

  Submit a request for an exemption under the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011.

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Guidance and regulation

• NTSN: accessibility
  • Guidance
  • 2 May 2025
  • Department for Transport
• NTSN: control, command and signalling
  • Guidance
  • 2 May 2025
  • Department for Transport
• NTSN: infrastructure
  • Guidance
  • 2 May 2025
  • Department for Transport
• NTSN: rolling stock – locomotive and passenger
  • Guidance
  • 2 May 2025
  • Department for Transport
• Rail interoperability: current national technical rules
  • Guidance
  • 24 April 2025
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Updates to National Technical Specification Notices for rail interoperability
  • 5 March 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Rail interoperability: exemptions and decisions
  • 24 October 2024
  • 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
• Proposal for a Council decision on the approval of the Luxembourg rail protocol
  • 30 October 2013
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement

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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
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

• Regulatory Policy Committee