Network Rail Standards Online

The Network Rail Standards online service is a vital online source of information for any organization carrying out work in the railway environment.

Designers, contractors and engineers alike can view essential Network Rail Standards in high resolution, within an easy-to-use electronic reference library. Search fields, which include document number, title and full text, combined with an advanced search engine, which give instant desktop access to the exact standard you want.

Click here for more information on Network Rail Standards or information on obtaining hard copy versions of the Standards. (Formerly Rapidoc)

Network Rail National Hazard Directory Online

The National Hazard Directory (NHD) is the vital database for all contractors working for Network Rail. NHD contains details of every known railway hazard within the Network Rail infrastructure, covering the whole of Great Britain.

Information contained within the NHD database is a necessary pre-requisite to anyone with a need to plan safe worker and plant access to any of the rail infrastructure. The fully searchable database provides the only one-stop access to thousands of hazards located in and around the Network Rail infrastructure.

For more information on Network Rail National Hazard Directory

The Partnership with Network Rail
IHS works in partnership with Network Rail to continually improve and enhance the user-friendly online services for both Network Rail Company Standards and the National Hazard Directory.

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