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Excludes electrical systems within Rolling Stock.</td> </tr> <tr class="bg-secondary-lighter"> <td class="align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white font-size-small"><strong>Infrastructure</strong></td> <td class="text-center align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white">All track and components. Includes civil structures associated with rail infrastructure within the rail corridor</td> </tr> <tr class="bg-secondary-lighter"> <td class="align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white font-size-small"><strong>Operations</strong></td> <td class="text-center align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white">Rail Traffic Crew, Station staff, Management of rail traffic, Signallers, Network Control Officers, application of Safeworking procedures. Activities of track protection staff.</td> </tr> <tr class="bg-secondary-lighter"> <td class="align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white font-size-small"><strong>Rolling Stock</strong></td> <td class="text-center align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white">Locomotives, passenger vehicles, freight wagons, track vehicles, RRV’s.</td> </tr> <tr class="bg-secondary-lighter"> <td class="align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white font-size-small"><strong>Train Control</strong></td> <td class="text-center align-middle border-width-2 border-bottom border-right border-white">Signalling infrastructure its design and operation, its equipment and subsystems. 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