The Yellow Book

The Yellow Book is no longer being maintained. Yellow Book Issue 4 has the status of a withdrawn document and does not represent up-to-date guidance for the GB mainline railway. Yellow Book Issue 4 continues to be available for organisations to use if they wish, but all organisations should note that the guidance contained within it no longer aligns with the current regulatory regime that applies to the GB mainline railway system.

Work is currently underway to provide updated guidance.

Engineering Safety Management (more commonly known as the 'Yellow Book') was a handbook for people involved in introducing engineering changes to the railway. The Yellow Book was designed to help them gain an improved understanding of the management of the safety aspects arising from such proposals.

Yellow Book Issue 4:
Corrigendum to Yellow Book Volume 1+2 Issue 4
Yellow Book Volume 1+2 Issue 4
Yellow Book Issue 4 - Abridged version for maintainers

Yellow Book Issue 4 was supplemented with a series of application notes, each providing more detailed, practical guidance on a particular topic.

Application Note 4 - Independent Safety Assessment
Application Note 5 - Relationship of Yellow Book with European Directives
Application Note 6 - Maintenance Checklist
Application Note 7: The Yellow Book, Safety Management Systems and the ROGS Regulations
Application Note 8: Safety Management and Standards

Ordering:

You can collect up to a maximum of three copies of Yellow Book Issue 4 from the following distribution points:

Ms Kerry Scott
URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited
Buchanan House
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow
G4 0HG
Tel: 0141 335 3223

Mr Hongjian Luo
URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited
16 Toft Green
York
YO1 6JT
Tel: 01904 652709
Tel: 01904 682534

Ms Julia Herridge
URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited
Tricentre 3,
Newbridge Square,
Swindon
SN1 1BY
Tel: 01793 508616

Ms Alexa Benfield
URS Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited
6-8 Greencoat Place
London
SW1P 1PL
Tel: +44(0)20 7798 5000

Stocks of Yellow Book Issue 4 held at these locations are no longer being replenished and will reduce to zero. Copies of Yellow Book Issue 4 can be obtained by downloading it via the links towards the top of this page.

Superseded Yellow Book material:

Yellow Book Volume 1+2 Issue 3

Application Note 1 - Railway Level Issues
Application Note 2 - Software and EN 50128
Application Note 3 - Human Error: Causes, consequences, and mitigations
Application Note 6 - Maintenance