This document defines requirements for the content on maintenance records on railway vehicles and guidance to help the parties involved in the maintenance process to fulfil their responsibilities, especially to:
- document that maintenance has been ordered properly;
- document that maintenance has been delivered according to the maintenance order.
The following are out of the scope of this document:
- managing documentation required to schedule and carry out maintenance (e.g. trigger events for planned maintenance or fault notices reported by train crew);
- managing fault notices generated by trainborne diagnostic systems;
- managing documentation related to the interaction between railway undertakings and ECM (e.g. return to operation).