FprEN 15877-1

Railway applications - Markings of railway vehicles - Part 1: Freight wagons

This document specifies the markings on heavy rail freight wagons, or parts of heavy rail freight wagons, relating to their technical, operational and maintenance characteristics. It specifies the characteristics of these markings, the requirements pertaining to their presentation, their shape and position on a rail vehicle and their meaning. Some markings are accompanied with (a) note(s) where appropriate.
Tank manufacturers’ design criteria, test and product specification plates have not been considered in this document as they are specified in EN 12561 1:2011.
Where fully specified in RID dangerous goods markings have not been considered in this document (dimensions, colour, location and form). Where markings are not fully specified in RID they are included in this document.

Bahnanwendungen - Kennzeichnungen von Schienenfahrzeugen - Teil 1: Güterwagen

Applications ferroviaires - Marquages pour véhicules ferroviaires - Partie 1: Wagons de fret

Železniške naprave - Oznake železniških vozil - 1. del: Tovorni vagoni

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 23-Jun-2024
• ICS: 45.060.20 - Trailing stock
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 256 - Railway applications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 256/WG 26 - Freight wagons
• Current Stage: 5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
• Start Date: 25-Apr-2024
• Due Date: 08-Sep-2023
• Completion Date: 25-Apr-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
• Ref Project: kSIST FprEN 15877-1:2024 - Railway applications - Markings of railway vehicles - Part 1: Freight wagons

Relations

• Revises: EN 15877-1:2012+A1:2018 - Railway applications - Marking on railway vehicles - Part 1: Freight wagons
• Effective Date: 04-Aug-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 15877-1:2022
01-november-2022
Železniške naprave - Oznake železniških vozil - 1. del: Tovorni vagoni
Railway applications - Markings of railway vehicles - Part 1: Freight wagons
Bahnanwendungen - Kennzeichnung von Schienenfahrzeugen - Teil 1: Güterwagen
Applications ferroviaires - Marquages pour véhicules ferroviaires - Partie 1: Wagons de
fret
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15877-1
ICS:
45.060.20 Železniški vagoni Trailing stock
oSIST prEN 15877-1:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 15877-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

September 2022
ICS 45.060.20 Will supersede EN 15877-1:2012+A1:2018
English Version

Railway applications - Markings of railway vehicles - Part
1: Freight wagons
Applications ferroviaires - Marquages pour véhicules Bahnanwendungen - Kennzeichnung von
ferroviaires - Partie 1: Wagons de fret Schienenfahrzeugen - Teil 1: Güterwagen
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.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

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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© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 15877-1:2022 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms definitions and abbreviations . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviations . 7
4 Markings . 8
4.1 General principles . 8
4.2 Colour . 9
4.3 Positioning .10
4.4 Details of vehicle markings .
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