RSSB Standards Catalogue

Scope

Official searchable catalogue of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), listing GB Rail Group Standards (RGSs), Railway Industry Standards (RIS) and related guidance covering rolling stock, infrastructure, operations and safety for the British mainline railway. Catalogue browsing is open; downloading full standard texts requires a registered RSSB account.

The RSSB Standards Catalogue is the official searchable catalogue maintained by the Rail Safety and Standards Board, listing GB Rail Group Standards (RGSs), Railway Industry Standards (RIS) and related guidance covering rolling stock, infrastructure, operations and safety for the British mainline railway. These standards occupy a role in the GB rail system broadly comparable to that played by CENELEC and CEN standards in the wider European system, though developed and governed through RSSB's own industry-led standards-setting process specific to Great Britain. Browsing the catalogue to identify which standards exist and apply to a given area is open to the public, but downloading the full text of most standards requires a registered RSSB account, reflecting RSSB's role as an industry membership body as well as a standards publisher. Railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, rolling stock suppliers and engineers working on the GB network use the catalogue to identify and access the specific RGS or RIS documents applicable to their project or area of responsibility. It is maintained directly by RSSB on its official website.