ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of March 25, 2011 No. 168

About approval of Rules of technical operation, servicing and repair of railway crossings

According to the subitem 27) of Item 2 of article 14 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of December 8, 2001 "About rail transport" I ORDER:

1. Approve the enclosed Rules of technical operation, servicing and repair of railway crossings.

2. To committee of transport and means of communication of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan () provide to N. I. Kilybay submission of this order for state registration in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. To impose control of execution of this order on the Responsible secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasymbek Zh. M.

4. This order becomes effective after ten calendar days after day of its first official publication.

Approved by the Order of the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 25, 2011 No. 168

Rules of technical operation, servicing and repair of railway crossings

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. These rules of technical operation, servicing and repair of railway crossings (further - Rules) are developed according to the subitem 27) of Item 2 of article 14 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of December 8, 2001 "About rail transport" and determine procedure for technical operation, servicing and repair of railway crossings.

Action of these rules extends to faces the having railway crossings connected with servicing of railway crossings.

2. In these rules the following terms and reducings are applied:

1) the automatic traffic light alarm system with automatic barriers - system in case of which transfer of bars of barriers in the closed (horizontal) provision is made automatically in estimated time after the introduction of the train on the site of approach and turning on of the sound and traffic light alarm system. Bars of barriers are transferred to open (vertical) provision also automatically after release of moving by train.

The moving equipped with the automatic traffic light alarm system with automatic barriers are serviced by duty workers;

2) the automatic crossing traffic light alarm system - system of the crossing alarm system in case of which journey of vehicles through the railway crossing is regulated by special crossing traffic lights with two red, alternately blinking signals (fires) which are joining automatically in case of approach of the train on the distance providing advance release of moving from vehicles and switching off automatically after passing of the train.

The system of the automatic crossing traffic light alarm system can be supplemented with the white and lunar blinking signal (fire). The red blinking signals (fires) of crossing traffic lights shall be added with acoustic signals.

On moving with the duty worker the automatic crossing traffic light alarm system shall be used together with automatic or semi-automatic barriers;

3) the highway - the complex of the engineering constructions intended for movement of cars, providing continuous, safe movement of cars and other vehicles with the established speeds, loadings, dimensions and also the sites of lands provided for placement of this complex (the earth of transport) and airspace over them within the established dimension;

4) the heavyweight vehicle - the vehicle with load or without load, the complete weight or load distribution on axes of which exceeds sizes of maximum allowable loads for this category of roads and constructions on them;

5) the traffic light alarm system - the dependence device between the crossing alarm system and shunting traffic lights used as protecting traffic lights. It can be applied only on sidings in the cities in case of impossibility of the equipment normal (settlement length) sites of approach;

6) the main ways - ways of stages, and also ways of stations which are direct continuation of ways of adjacent stages and not having variation on railroad switches;

7) the protecting alarm system - protecting (for trains and shunting structures) the traffic lights established before moving and managed by the person on duty on moving. As protecting traffic lights it is allowed to use the station traffic lights equipped with necessary dependence;

8) dividing strip - the structural element of the highway dividing transport flows in the directions or structure of movement;

9) the site of approach - the site of railway track located before moving, equipped with electric rail chains which length is determined depending on the speed of train service and length of the carriageway of moving, for advance giving on moving of the notice on approach to it of the train and automatic control of the crossing alarm system and barriers if moving by them is equipped;

10) the automatic traffic light alarm system with semi-automatic barriers - system in case of which transfer of bars of barriers in the closed (horizontal) provision is made automatically in estimated time after the introduction of the train on the site of approach and turning on of the sound and traffic light alarm system. Transfer of bars of barrier is carried out by the person on duty on moving by pressing of the special button to open (vertical) provision;

11) the pedestrian - the person who is out of the vehicle on the road and not performing on it work. The persons moving in wheelchairs without engine, conducting the bicycle, the moped, the motorcycle carrying the sledge, the cart, the nursery or wheelchair are equated to pedestrians;

12) it is expensive - all strips of allotment of land or surface of artificial construction equipped or adapted and used for movement of vehicles (the road includes one or several carriageways, and also tram ways, sidewalks, roadsides and dividing strips in case of their availability);

13) distance of way - structural division of branch of National operator of infrastructure, performing the current content and track repair, railway crossings, road bed, artificial constructions and devices of traveling facilities in working order for ensuring safe and uninterrupted train service;

14) the road accident (further - road accident) - the event which arose in the course of movement on the road of the vehicle and with its participation, entailed damnification to health, the death of the person, damage of vehicles, constructions, loads or other material damage;

15) the driver - person managing the vehicle, the driver conducting on the road the cattle, herd, pack, draft or riding animals. The master of driving instruction is equated to the driver during educational process;

16) lane - any of longitudinal strips of the carriageway designated or not designated by marking and having width sufficient for movement of cars in one row;

17) the self-propelled machine - the machine intended for accomplishment of any transactions connected with labor and other activity, equipped with the engine;

18) the person on duty on moving (worker) - the duty worker on the railway crossing having the corresponding certificate, uniform which authorized to perform administrative operations on management of movements on roads;

19) the crossing alarm system - the general name of the different systems of the alarm system which are applied on railway crossings: announcing with electrobarriers, automatic traffic light, automatic traffic light with automatic or semi-automatic barriers. Consists from traffic light (for transport drivers) and sound (for pedestrians) alarm systems, equipments of electric rail chains or the equipment of control of the alarm system, and on moving with persons on duty, besides, of the equipment and the control unit barriers;

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