[F1 SCHEDULE 2 U.K.Essential Requirements

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12))

(This Schedule substantially reproduces Annex III to the Directive with amendments to correct deficiencies arising from the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.) U.K.

2.2.   Energy U.K.

(2.2.1) Safety

• Operation of the energy-supply systems must not impair the safety either of trains or of persons (users, operating staff, trackside dwellers and third parties).

(2.2.2) Environmental protection

• The functioning of the electrical or thermal energy-supply systems must not interfere with the environment beyond the specified limits.

(2.2.3) Technical compatibility

• The electricity/thermal energy supply systems used must:

  (i)

  enable trains to achieve the specified performance levels,

  (ii)

  in the case of electricity energy supply systems, be compatible with the collection devices fitted to the trains.]