THE RAILWAYS (INTEROPERABILITY) REGULATIONS 2011, AS AMENDED WORCESTERSHIRE PARKWAY STATION
I refer to your application for authorisation received on 23 January 2020. Following review of your application I can confirm that ORR grants authorisation under Regulation 4(1)(a) of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011, as amended. This authorisation is for the placing in service of Worcestershire Parkway Station, defined by the following limits
- Platforms 1, 2 and 3
- Tracks within the platforms
ELR: BAG2 Mileage 67m 00ch to 67m 13ch (Platform 1)
ELR: BAG2 Mileage 67m 00ch to 67m 12ch (Platform 2)
ELR: OWW Mileage 116m 55ch to 116m 68ch (Platform 3)
- Station building and approaches
- One overbridge above the BAG2 line (OB 68-12)
The conditions of use of the structural subsystem are those listed on the Declaration of Verification reference WPK/DOV/NG/001, version A02, dated 23/01/2020 and described in the NoBo/DeBo Conformity Assessment Report 362610/MMRA/NoBo/004/01, issue 01, dated 23/01/2020 and the Safety Assessment Report reference 362610/MMRA/AsBo/0005/02, issue 2, dated 21/01/2020.
Conditions – from NoBo/DeBo Conformity Assessment Report
Platform offset
1299/2014/EU clause 7.7.17.7 UK network for GB: specific case for platform offset: ’As-built’ values are outside of the permitted tolerance in the national technical rule GI RT 7020, clause 2.2. The project entity has received a temporary deviation from RSSB certificate number: 19-074-DEV valid for 12 months until January 2021.
Condition 1 (DeBo Condition 1):
Before expiry of the RSSB temporary deviation authority (to which RSSB certificate number 19-074-DEV applies), the project entity shall reconcile the non-compliance of platform offsets and obtain unconditional certification from the designated body.
Lighting
1300/2014/EU PRM TSI 4.2.1.9 Lighting: Functional illuminance levels for the main car park, disabled car park, the lift lobby on platform 1 and emergency lighting have not been demonstrated
Condition 2 (NoBo Condition 1):
The functional illuminance levels need to be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the station facility owner, prior to putting the object of assessment into use.
Spoken Information
1300/2014/EU PRM TSI 4.2.1.11 Spoken Information: Final STI-PA testing is incomplete.
Condition 3 (NoBo Condition 2):
Compliant whole system testing results for the public address system need to be provided to the satisfaction of the station facility owner within eight weeks of authorisation.