Metro Contingency Plans Version 5.0 Version 5.0 (24/02/17) Developed by: Ian Rossiter (Current Operations Manager) Chris Carson (Metro Services Director) Les Jewitt (Metro Duty Manager) Signed: Chris Carson Raymond Johnstone Metro Services Director, NEMOL Director of Rail & infrastructure, Nexus 1 1 Contents 2 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Purpose of the Contingency Plan ............................................................................................... 4 2.2 Review of the Contingency Plan ................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Key Objectives of Contingency Plans .......................................................................................... 5 2.4 Aide Memoires .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 Emergency Plan ......................................................................................................................... 6 3 General Guidelines to Service Disruption ............................................................................... 7 3.1 Protecting the next day’s service ............................................................................................... 7 3.2 Metro Minimum Service Priorities ............................................................................................. 7 3.3 Standard turning points and associated shuttles ........................................................................ 9 3.4 Restrictions in use due to Overhead Line Equipment Failure: .................................................... 10 3.5 Types of Incident ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.6 Initial Response to Incidents .................................................................................................... 12 3.7 Metro Duty Manager Responsibilities ...................................................................................... 15 3.8 Overhead Line Failure or Obstructions on Overhead Line Equipment ........................................ 15 3.9 Emergency rate supply in the Core ........................................................................................... 16 3.10 Metro Feeder Stations ............................................................................................................. 16 3.11 Overhead Line Obstruction ...................................................................................................... 16 4 Mitigation of Disruption ...................................................................................................... 18 4.1 Emergency or Controlled Detrainment ..................................................................................... 18 4.2 Wrong Directional Movements ................................................................................................ 19 4.3 Bus Replacement Plans ............................................................................................................ 19 4.4 Aide Memoire for Making Decisions Peak Hours 07:00 – 09:30, 16:00 – 18:30: .......................... 20 4.5 Aide Memoire for Making Decisions Out of Peak Hours ............................................................ 21 4.6 Communications Plan .............................................................................................................. 22 4.7 Externally required information ............................................................................................... 24 4.8 Staff Information ..................................................................................................................... 24 4.9 Customer Service required information ................................................................................... 25 4.10 Staff Deployment .................................................................................................................... 26 4.11 Diagram: Staff Deployment ..................................................................................................... 26 4.12 Managing Regular Service Intervals ......................................................................................... 27 4.13 FASSI .............................................................................................. 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Bookmark not defined. 4.14 Reduced Resources – Insufficient drivers and/or units .............................................................. 27 4.15 Loss of Sidings ......................................................................................................................... 27 4.16 Constant delays to service (i.e. for repeated cautioning) .......................................................... 28 5 Standard Contingency Plans ................................................................................................ 29 5.1 Restrictions in infrastructure capacity ...................................................................................... 29 5.2 NEMOL Options within Central Corridor South Gosforth to Pelaw ............................................ 38 5.3 NEMOL options within Central Corridor South Gosforth to Pelaw ............................................. 39 2 6 Recovering the Service ........................................................................................................ 45 6.1 Turn Trains .............................................................................................................................. 45 6.2 Running fast ............................................................................................................................ 47 6.3 First and Last Trains ................................................................................................................. 47 6.4 Disruption due to Time Division Multiplex (TDM) Fault Indications ........................................... 47 6.5 Staff authorised to man/operate local panels: ......................................................................... 48 6.6 Deployment to Local Panels ..................................................................................................... 48 6.7 Local Panel Equipment ............................................................................................................ 48 7 Sustained Disruption ........................................................................................................... 50 7.1 Introducing Emergency Timetables .......................................................................................... 50 7.2 Emergency Stabling Arrangements .......................................................................................... 50 7.3 Pre-planned Track Closures: .................................................................................................... 52 7.4 Emergency Track Closures: ...................................................................................................... 52 7.5 Additional issues for consideration .......................................................................................... 52 7.6 Surface Stabling ...................................................................................................................... 53 7.7 Network Rail infrastructure: .................................................................................................... 54 7.8 Sub – Surface Stabling: ............................................................................................................ 54 7.9 North – South Tunnels: ............................................................................................................ 54 7.10 East – West Tunnels: ............................................................................................................... 55 8 Appendix I: Weather Conditions .......................................................................................... 56 8.1 Identifying & Monitoring Severe Weather ................................................................................ 56 8.2 Excessive Heat......................................................................................................................... 57 8.3 Snow and Severe Drops in Temperature .................................................................................. 57 8.4 Protection of Units .................................................................................................................. 58 8.5 High Priority Point Machines – Metro involvement .................................................................. 58 8.6 Stations .................................................................................................................................. 59 8.7 Depot ..................................................................................................................................... 59 9 Appendix II: Frequency, Running Times and Overhead Line Requirements ........................... 61 10 Appendix III: Bus Operators adjacent to Metro Operation ................................................ 63 Monday - Friday ................................................................................................................................. 63 Saturday ...........................................................................................................................................