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Whether on 31 March we'll see hard, or soft, or no Brexit, rules designed to promote common safety and technical principles across all European Union railways will need to be met by UK companies and suppliers, the Rail Safety & Standards Board (RSSB) said.
OTOH if you prefer an alternative view, you can find it on the internet too (it's the place where you can find any view you like....). Network Rail said:
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news...etain-eu-rail-standards-following-brexit.htmlRequirements in EU law, such as in Technical Specifications for Interoperability, are still likely to apply during a transition period should a deal be reached. Under a no-deal Brexit scenario, TSIs would be adapted to work in the UK as domestic legislation, published as National Technical Specification Notices by the Secretary of State for Transport.
‘We have been working very closely with the Department for Transport over the past year to ensure that requirements derived from the EU framework are legally fit for purpose for application in the UK, with workable solutions in place, even in a potential no deal scenario’, said RSSB Director of Standards Tom Lee on October 4. ‘We want to ensure that day one post-Brexit, the UK standards framework is suitably aligned to the EU for immediate continuity and is legally robust, whilst providing for possible future divergence, if beneficial.’
OTOH if you prefer an alternative view, you can find it on the internet too (it's the place where you can find any view you like....). Network Rail said:
All is clear, isn't it??Network Rail has confirmed that it will not implement European Union (EU) standards on all projects after Brexit. The rail body said that sometimes bypassing Eurocodes would enable it to carry out infrastructure works without “unnecessary cost”.
A spokesperson said: “We want the best of both worlds – trade that enables us to realise the benefits of low cost (standardised) supplied products together with the freedom to not apply Euro standards where they drive unnecessary cost into the UK railway.”