prEN 14752

Railway applications - Bodyside entrance systems for rolling stock

This document applies to passenger body side entrance systems of all newly designed railway vehicles such as tram, metro, suburban, mainline and high-speed trains that carry passengers. The requirements of this document also apply to existing vehicles undergoing refurbishment of the door equipment, as far as it is reasonably practicable.
This document also specifies the requirements for testing of entrance systems.
This document makes reference to manual and power operated entrance systems. For manual doors, clauses referring to power operation are not applicable.
This document does not apply to the following:
- entrance systems for equipment access, inspection or maintenance purposes and for crew only use;
- doors on freight wagons; and
- doors or hatches specifically provided for escape under emergency conditions.

Bahnanwendungen - Seiteneinstiegssysteme für Schienenfahrzeuge

Applications ferroviaires - Systèmes de porte d'accès pour matérial roulant

Železniške naprave - Vrata in zapiralni sistemi na železniških potniških vozilih

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 04-May-2025
• ICS: 45.140 - Metro, tram and light rail equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 256 - Railway applications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 256/WG 27 - Doors
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 16-May-2024
• Due Date: 11-Mar-2024
• Completion Date: 16-May-2024
• Directive: 2016/797/EU - Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)
• Mandate: M/483 - Mandate for programming and standardisation addressed to the European standardisation bodies under directive 2008/57/EC in the field of the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union
• Mandate: M/591 - Standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as regards railway products in support of Directive (EU) 2016/797
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 14752:2024 - Railway applications - Bodyside entrance systems for rolling stock

Relations

• Revises: EN 14752:2019+A1:2021 - Railway applications - Bodyside entrance systems for rolling stock
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2024
Železniške naprave - Vrata in zapiralni sistemi na železniških potniških vozilih
Railway applications - Bodyside entrance systems for rolling stock
Bahnanwendungen - Seiteneinstiegssysteme für Schienenfahrzeuge
Applications ferroviaires - Systèmes de porte d'accès pour matérial roulant
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 14752
ICS:
45.060.20 Železniški vagoni Trailing stock
45.140 Oprema za podzemne vlake, Metro, tram and light rail
tramvaje in lahka tirna vozila equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2024
ICS 45.140 Will supersede EN 14752:2019+A1:2021
English Version
Railway applications - Bodyside entrance systems for
rolling stock
Applications ferroviaires - Systèmes de porte d'accès Bahnanwendungen - Seiteneinstiegssysteme für
pour matérial roulant Schienenfahrzeuge
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 256.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Constructional requirements . 13
4.1 Door design . 13
4.1.1 Door throughway design . 13
4.1.2 Steps . 15
4.1.3 Staff Access from track level . 17
4.1.4 Relative position of the step edge . 18
4.1.5 Train surfing . 18
4.1.6 Door windows. 18
4.1.7 Design of body side entrance doors used for accessing driver's cabs . 19
4.1.8 Water drainage . 19
4.2 Mechanical strength . 19
4.2.1 Door mechanical strength . 19
4.2.2 Step(s) mechanical strength . 21
4.3 Local door operating devices . 22
4.3.1 Door control device . 22
4.3.2 Emergency egress device . 23
4.3.3 Access device . 24
4.4 Labels/warning signs . 25
4.5 Interfaces with the vehicle . 25
4.5.1 Electric and pneumatic power supplies . 25
4.5.2 Mechanical interface with the vehicle . 25
4.6 Other requirements . 25
4.6.1 Fire protection . 25
4.6.2 Insulation . 26
4.7 Electronic equipment . 26
4.7.1 Hardware . 26
4.7.2 Software for electronic door control systems. 26
4.8 Reliability, availability, maintainability, safety (RAMS) . 26
4.9 Protection against electrical hazards . 27
4.10 Environmental conditions . 27
4.10.1 Weather . 27
4.10.2 Water tightness . 27
4.10.3 Pressure tightness . 28
4.11 Manual and semi-automatic ramps, bridging plates . 28
5 Operational requirements . 28
5.1 Door control . 28
5.1.1 General . 28
5.1.2 Release doors and steps. 28
5.1.3 Interlocking of released doors . 29
5.1.4 Single point failure . 29
5.1.5 Mechanical locking . 29
5.1.6 Out-of-service devices . 29
5.1.7 Isolation for maintenance purposes . 31
5.2 Closing and opening conditions. 31
5.2.1 Safety during closing . 31
5.2.2 Entrance system closed proving. 44
5.3 Opening conditions . 44
5.3.1 Safety during opening . 44
5.3.2 Limitation of opening . 44
5.4 Moveable step obstacle detection . 44
5.4.1 General . 44
5.4.2 Steps outside the vehicle . 45
5.4.3 Steps inside the vehicles . 45
5.5 Emergency operation . 45
5.5.1 Emergency egress . 45
5.5.2 Emergency windows in access doors. 48
5.5.3 Access device . 48
5.5.4 Powering up . 49
5.6 Other requirements . 49
5.6.1 Passenger access door area illumination . 49
5.6.2 Status indication . 49
6 Categories of tests . 49
6.1 General . 49
6.2 Type tests . 49
6.3 Routine tests during manufacture. 50
6.4 Routine test on the fully assembled vehicle/train consist . 50
7 Documentation related to installation and maintenance of the entrance system . 50
Annex A (normative) Passenger operating devices . 51
A.1 Purpose . 51
A.2 Design of door
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