Abstract

This document provides terms and definitions for rail networks and rail vehicles guided by track and wheels, both made of steel and/or other materials. This includes heavy rail and urban rail systems. This document is applicable as a reference for future European Standards and the revision of existing standards and represents a set of general technical terms and definitions. This document does not apply to specific applications such as: - track construction and maintenance machines when not guided and supported by rails; - road-rail machines when not guided and supported by rails; - magnetic levitation transport networks and vehicles; - guided busways and guided busses; - non-public rail networks and vehicles, e.g. mine rail systems; - rail networks exclusively for leisure, historical and tourist purposes, e.g. mountain-, field-, park-, cable rail systems, funiculars and theme park rides and the vehicles running on them; - trolley busses. Not in the scope are terms and definitions related to: - control command and signalling; - operation; - geographical aspects.

Begin

2021-08-09

WI

00256A0V

Planned document number

DIN EN 17343

Project number

08701475

Responsible national committee

NA 087-00-09 AA - Terms and definitions, technical documentation, data transfer  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 256/SC 4/WG 19 - Classification systems and documentation  

draft standard

Railway applications - General terms and definitions; Trilingual version prEN 17343:2022
2022-04
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previous edition(s)

Railway applications - General terms and definitions; Trilingual version EN 17343:2020
2021-03

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