Design Considerations Toolkit
Station Design Guidance Strategic Planning NR/GN/CIV/100/02 July 2020 85/104
GRIP Stage 2 Feasibility
GRIP Stage 3 Option Selection
GRIP Stage 4 Single Option Development
Network Rail's Principles of Good Design Key:
Capacity
Identity
H as the project been assessed by a Network Rail or external accessibility consultant?
Has sufficient capacity been provided at entrances to avoid conflicts?
Have the Station Capacity Team (pedflow) been consulted?
Does the design anticipate the need and potential for future change?
Station Capacity Team (pedflow) Form F001 sign off required
Passengers
Community Focussed Does spatial provision meet with current and predicted future needs? Collaborative
Does the design facilitate convenient and safe access for pedestrians and other feeder modes to meet with passenger and operational needs?
Inclusive
Environment H as the RSSB rail carbon tool been used to identify potential reductions in the project carbon impacts? (eg. renewable energy)
Has expansion been facilitated or inhibited in any way by the design? How will the station cope in the future?
Have materials been selected to avoid complicated repair, removal or disposal processes?
What environmental assessment methodology is being used?
Will any structures or assets need to be decommissioned, demounted, demolished or stripped-out as part of preparation for the works?
Does the work/ job description involve any cutting or clearing of vegetation?
Are there any records of protected species, or their habitat, within 250m of the project? Will the work take place in an area at risk from flooding or extreme weather including high winds, extreme temperatures, heavy rainfall, snow, or lightning? Will the work take place within 250m of a water body (including ponds and features that may be seasonally flooded)?
Connected
Contextual
Enhancing Heritage
Has constructibility of the design and the consequences been considered?
Innovative
Will the works generate excavation materials that could be reused in other works or projects?
Environment →
Refer to the Environmental and Social Appraisal (ESA). This provides additional advice and considerations