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BS EN 17343:2020

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Railway applications. General terms and definitions

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BSI 2020 66
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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 not travelling on rails;

  • road-rail machines when not travelling on 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 and vehicles exclusively for leisure, historical and tourist purposes, e.g. mountain-, field-, park-, cable rail systems, funiculars and theme park rides;

  • trolley busses.

Not in the scope are terms and definitions related to:

  • control command and signalling,

  • Zugsteuerung, Zugsicherung und Signal- gebung,

  • operation,

  • geographical aspects.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
14 1 Scope
15 2 Normative references
16 3 Terms and definitions
51 3.1.7 Rolling stock related terms
3.1.7 Termes liés au matériel roulant
3.1.7 Begriffe mit Bezug zum Rollmaterial
56 Annex A (informative)Structure of terms and definitions
62 Annex B (informative)Terms covered or substituted by terms of this document
BS EN 17343:2020
$198.66