BS EN 15528:2021
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Railway applications. Line categories for managing the interface between load limits of vehicles and infrastructure
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2021 | 78 |
This document is applicable to the lines with standard track gauge (1 435 mm) and wider track gauges of the heavy rail system and the vehicles that are operated on these lines. This includes machines used for construction, maintenance, inspection, repair and renewal when they are operated in running mode, but not, when they are in working or travelling mode. This document specifies methods of classification of existing and new lines of the heavy rail system and the categorization of rail vehicles. This document gives guidance to a reliable and established management of the interface between rail vehicles and the heavy rail network and does not impose any requirements on either vehicles or infrastructure. The application of this document enables to ensure the static route compatibility between a rail vehicle and the heavy rail network with respect to the vertical load carrying capacity. It contains requirements relevant to: — classification of the vertical load carrying capacity of lines of the heavy rail network; — allocation of rail vehicles to line categories (categorization); — determination of payload limits of freight wagons. This document does not apply to: — assessments of compatibility based on the parameter axle load alone; — compatibility checks for cases where an additional dynamic analysis is required (for example according to EN 1991 2); — requirements relating to the maximum total mass or maximum length of a train; — the system used in Great Britain, where all lines and vehicles are classified in accordance with the RA (Route Availability) System. A guide to the equivalent line categories in accordance with this European Standard is given in Annex F; — the publication of line categories. The requirements of this document do not replace any regulations related to running behaviour of vehicles described by the assessment quantities for running safety, track loading and ride characteristics (see EN 14363).
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2 | undefined |
7 | 1 Scope |
8 | 2 Normative references 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms 3.1 Terms and definitions |
11 | 3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms |
12 | 4 Classification system 4.1 Definition of line categories 4.2 Correlation to types of vehicles |
13 | 4.3 Correlation between line category and speed 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 Freight traffic 4.3.3 Mixed traffic and passenger traffic |
14 | 5 Classification of infrastructure 5.1 Civil engineering structure |
15 | 5.2 Track construction, track substructure and earthworks 5.3 Infrastructures classification results |
16 | 6 Categorization of vehicles 6.1 General rules 6.1.1 Categorization |
17 | 6.1.2 Masses, axle loads and their tolerances |
19 | 6.1.3 Vehicle categorization results 6.2 Freight wagons 6.2.1 Specific rules for freight wagons |
20 | 6.2.2 Resulting load limits for freight wagons |
21 | 6.3 Locomotives 6.3.1 General 6.3.2 4-axle locomotives 6.3.3 6-axle locomotives |
22 | 6.4 Multiple units and coaches 6.4.1 General |
23 | 6.4.2 Multiple units 6.4.3 Coaches 6.5 Special vehicles |
24 | 7 Static compatibility of the interface between vehicle and infrastructure |
26 | Annex A (normative)Reference wagons and load models representing the line categories |
31 | Annex B (informative)Flow chart: Classification of infrastructure and categorization of vehicles |
32 | Annex C (informative)Speeds which do not require dynamic compatibility checks |
34 | Annex D(informative)Methods used to determine the load carrying capacityof existing structures |
35 | Annex E (informative)Application of line classification result E.1 General E.2 Example 1 |
36 | E.3 Example 2 E.4 Example 3 |
37 | Annex F (informative)Comparison of RA classification with line categories |
38 | Annex G (informative)Example of calculation methodology G.1 General |
40 | G.2 Calculation results |
42 | G.3 Diagram of calculation results |
44 | Annex H (informative)Maximum permissible axle load P – Wagons with two 2-axle bogies |
47 | Annex I(informative)Maximum permissible axle load P – Wagons with two 3-axle bogies |
50 | Annex J (informative)Line categories of 6-axle locomotives |
51 | Annex K (informative)L4 locomotive classes (4-axle locomotives) |
52 | Annex L (informative)L6 locomotive classes (6-axle locomotives) |
54 | Annex M (informative)Weight note for locomotives M.1 General |
55 | M.2 Example of a weight note for a series A locomotive |
56 | M.3 Example of a weight note for a series B locomotive |
57 | Annex N (informative)Geometric train parameters |
59 | Annex O (informative)Categorization of MUs by parameter checkIdentification of line category by maximum axle load O.1 General |
60 | O.2 MU with 2-axle conventional bogies (CB) |
61 | O.3 MU with 2-axle articulated bogies (AB) |
62 | O.4 MU with single axle running gear (SA) |
66 | Annex P (informative)Guidance for tabling light rail MUsinto line category a10, a12 or a14 P.1 General P.2 4 axle light rail MU with 2 bogies |
68 | P.3 4 axle light rail MU with 4 single axles |
69 | P.4 6 axle light rail MU with three 2-axle bogies |
72 | P.5 6 axles light rail MUs with six single axles |
73 | P.6 6 axles light rail MUs with two 2-axle bogies and two single axles |
74 | P.7 8 axles light rail MUs or more axles |