Network Statement 2014 - ProRail

Order handling from 36 hours to 1 hour prior to implementationThe processing window for submitted orders daily comprises the period up to 12.00 hours on thefollowing day. The processing of orders for capacity after the window time is stayed until they fall intothe processing window. The network manager will receive and process orders as quickly as possible.An order request comprises a bandwidth of at least 60 minutes around the requested departure andarrival times. This gives the network manager a greater margin in which to compile a timetableaccording to the freight train paths available.Contents of order requestThe order request should contain the following data:• Applicant• Train number• Order type (introduction, change or cancellation)• Traction form• Train length• Weight• Departure station• Destination station• Priority route• Date and time of departure (margin, if applicable)• Date and time of arrival (margin, if applicable)• Dangerous goods• Deviation to rolling stock related to infrastructure use restrictions• If Exceptional Transport: ZWV, BP1, BP2, BP3 or BV with the reference of the appropriateregulations for Exceptional Transport• Maximum speed• Operational particulars network manager (see under the heading ‘Information arrival track’)Information arrival trackIn order to select the most convenient arrival track for trains arriving at their destination station, it isessential that the traffic receives information concerning the subsequent handling of the train followingarrival. In case of an order request for the introduction/change of a train, this should be entered in thefield ‘Traffic control operational particulars’.The network manager shall strive to comply with therequested specifications. Examples of activities required by railway undertaking during or after thetrain run:• driver exchange, duration x minutes at Y• locomotive exchange, duration x minutes at Y• shunting, duration x minutes at Y• stabling, at Y for the duration of x minutes after arrival• rolling stock destined for train nnnnn dated dd-mm-yyyy• train destined for loading on rail connection xxx• rolling stock for assembly on track set yyCancelled trainsThe following applies in the event of cancellation of trains:• The railway undertaking will give the network manager ample notice via ISVL in case trains can becancelled.• A cancellation order shortly before departure is only permitted in case of disasters. This order willalso state what the railway undertaking wishes to do with the rolling stock that was designated forthe train that is to be cancelled.• The controller will cancel the train as soon as possible, then consult with traffic control on what todo with the rolling stock. The network manager will strive to comply with the wishes of the railwayundertaking.• The railway undertaking will later confirm the telephone instruction by means of an order in ISVL.AddressesOrders for the insertion of trains or for trains that must be transferred from departure (or passageborder station) must (unless explicitly agreed otherwise) be submitted to the traffic control centre of theappendix 6 Operational ConditionsNetwork Statement 2014 Combined Network - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 116