VRIOGS 002.1 Railway Station Design Standard and Guidelines

VRIOGS 002.1 Revision A 17SECTION 6.0 STATION/PLATFORM LOCATION ANDCONFIGURATION6.1 ENGINEERING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR LOCATING ASTATIONThe engineering design considerations when locating a station are outlined below:a) Top of a hill or rise on undulating terrainOn undulating terrain the ideal position for locating a station is on the level sectionat the peak of a hill or rise due to a greatly increased braking ability of a trainapproaching stations situated at the top of a rise. Situations where this is possibleare obviously limited and heavily dependent upon the existent terrain. Howeverwhere this condition is prevalent the safety benefits should be taken intoconsideration and assessed against other risks for what can be achieved throughearthworks associated to the particular location.b) On Tangent of TrackA station and its associated platforms shall be located on straight sections of trackand be constructed with straight platform edges where possible. This alleviates theneed for Single Person Operated Trains (SPOT) Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)and platform mirrors as well as keeping stepping distances and heights to aminimum.Deviation from this requirement (for example where there are topography or builtenvironment constraints) would require acceptance by the ARO who will assesseach situation on its merits and determine whether the deviation can beincorporated in its safe working system.Where alterations are made to existing curved platforms, all endeavours should bemade to achieve straight platform edges. Clearances for curved platforms areoutlined in Appendix C.c) Away from Level CrossingsAs per VRIOG Standard 012.0 ‘Victorian Signalling Principles’, there shall be a 20metre minimum, horizontal separation between the end of a platform and thecorresponding signal. There should (where practical) be an additional 200m metreshorizontal separation between the corresponding signal and to any adjacent levelcrossing. Where this cannot be achieved then the signal shall not be less then 20metres from a level crossing. This is shown diagrammatically in Figure 1:Separation between platform and level crossing Separation between platform andlevel crossing on the following page. These distances should allow for any potentialextensions to meet the future platform requirements as described in Section 18.2.For further track engineering design requirements at platforms refer to Section18.1.NOTE: This document is controlled only when viewed on the DOT Engineering Standards website. Any othercopy of this document is uncontrolled, and the content may be inaccurate.