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    COUNTDOWN TO CARRIAGE COMPLIANCE

    Jan 15, 2019 6 minutes
    GARETH EVANS

    It may seem premature to be thinking of the forthcoming year when we’ve only just welcomed in 2019, but New Year marks an important milestone not just for the rail industry but especially for the main line heritage sector operators. From 0.01am on January 1, 2020, all rolling stock operating on the main line will have to comply with the Passengers of Reduced Mobility Technical Standard for Interoperability legislation or PRM TSI for short – or fit certain characteristics to be granted an exemption. PRM TSI is another railway acronym, in an industry which loves them.

    PRM TSI has its ancestry in The Railways (interoperability) Regulations 2011 which set out the various facets of what constitutes interoperability to ensure that the UK rolling stock can operate on European railway undertakings and vice versa. This will continue post-Brexit.

    PRM TSI encompasses a vast scope, all of which applies to all rolling stock operating on the national network. The

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