VRIOGS 002.1 Railway Station Design Standard and Guidelines

VRIOGS 002.1 Revision A 1SECTION 1.0 CONVENTIONS1. Words or phrases that appear capitalised out of context are defined within thedefinitions section of this VRIOG Standard.2. The word “Shall” is to be understood as mandatory.3. The word “Should” is to be understood as non-mandatory i.e. advisory orrecommended.4. Uncontrolled Standards may not be referenced within the VRIOG Standards.These include former PTC Standards, Franchisee Standards, FranchiseeSubcontractor Standards and Infrastructure Lessee Standards.5. Controlled Standards, including Australian Standards and other VRIOG Standards,may be referenced but only if :• The referenced item can not be adequately explained with an amount oftext that could not reasonably be inserted into the body of this standard.• The reader is not referenced to another Controlled Standard necessary forthe item to be adequately explained i.e. one document link only.• The referenced document is a Figure or table and could not reasonably beincluded in the appendices of this standard.6. The numbering system for the VRIOG standards is chronologically sequential fromthe point of introduction, and is not based on any form of interpretive system.7. VRIOG standards will not contain any information that can be construed as a workinstruction, procedure, process or protocol. This information forms the basis ofeach individual entity’s Safety Accreditation Certification, and, as such, is outsidethe scope of VRIOG standards.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.