Bringing NIRs into the 21 st Century NIR-Online: A Briefing to Industry Stakeholders 1.

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Bringing NIRs into the 21st Century

NIR-Online: A Briefing to Industry Stakeholders

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The Way Forward

Simon Ayres

Project Manager, National Initiatives

Rail Safety & Standards Board

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The Way Forward

• Next Steps

• What Users need to do before launch

• Future Management of NIR-Online

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Next Steps

• November 2005: Human factors testing commences

• December 2005: Professional Heads will receive a proforma– Register of closed company specific NIRs– Proformas required by ITL in mid January 2006– NIR database will be updated

• January - February 2006: Demonstration seminars– Located in:

• Birmingham• Bristol• Edinburgh • Leeds• London

– Invites will be sent out in December 2005

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Next Steps

• January 2006: – Blanket non-compliance to be sought for Railway Group Standard

GE/RT8250 - ‘Safety Monitoring and Defect Reporting of Rail Vehicles, Plant and Machinery’

• February 2006: NIR-Online goes live– http://www.nir-online.net

– Online help video

– 24 hour technical help support available from Interfleet Technology

– Online feedback facility

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What Users need to do prior to launch

• Ensure potential Users have registered– Existing Users will migrate to NIR-Online

• Attend a demonstration seminar

• Users notify preferred means of communication:– Email– Text message

• Professional Heads to confirm closed company specific NIRs

• Check http://www.nir-online.net for updates

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Future Management of NIR-Online

• NIR-Online User Group will continue to manage and steer the development and delivery of NIR-Online– Representation from:

• Sponsor and stakeholder management: RSSB• Railway Safety Case Duty Holders:

– ToCs and FoCs– Network Rail Infrastructure Vehicles

• Network Rail: NCC• Manufacturers and Maintainers: Bombardier• Support and application development: ITL

• Further information– Simon Ayres - Email: [email protected]

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Questions

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