prEN 115-5

Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in existing buildings

This European Standard specifies the safety rules for new escalators/moving walks replacing existing escalators/moving walks
installed in existing buildings where, due to limitations enforced by building constraints, certain requirements of EN 115-1:2017 cannot
be fully met.
This standard shall only be used when replacing existing escalators/moving walks where structural constraints within an existing
building make the installation of fully EN115-1:2017 compliant escalators/moving walks impossible. The escalator/moving walk
installer must liaise with the customer and recommend altering the building structure in the first instance and deviations from EN115-1
should only be considered as a last resort.
This standard addresses a number of these constraints, gives requirements for alternative solutions
and covers:
 the replacement of an existing escalator/moving walk by a new one in an existing building.
This standard does not cover:
 construction and installation of a new escalator / moving walk in
 an existing building, which is not replacing an existing escalator/moving walk;
 replacement or modifications of some parts of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. intruss modernization;
 major modifications of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. change of the location (see EN 115-1:2017, Annex L);
 other applications outside of the scope of EN 115-1:2017

Sicherheit von Fahrtreppen und Fahrsteigen - Teil 5: Austausch von bestehenden Fahrtreppen/Fahrsteigen in bestehenden Bauwerke

Sécurité des escaliers mécaniques et trottoirs roulants - Partie 5 : Remplacement des escaliers mécaniques/trottoirs roulants existants dans les bâtiments existants

Varnost tekočih stopnic in tekočih stez - 5. del: Zamenjava obstoječih tekočih stopnic/tekočih stez v obstoječih stavbah

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 29-Jan-2026
• ICS: 91.140.90 - Lifts. Escalators
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 10 - Passenger, goods and service lifts
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 10/WG 2 - Escalators and passenger conveyors
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 20-Nov-2025
• Due Date: 04-Dec-2024
• Completion Date: 20-Nov-2025
• Directive: 2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
• Directive: 2023/1230 - Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 on machinery and repealing Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 73/361/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Mandate: M/605 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 20.1.2025 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards machinery and related products in support of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 115-5:2025 - Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in existing buildings

Overview

prEN 115-5 - part of the EN 115 series published by CEN - specifies safety rules for the replacement of existing escalators and moving walks installed in existing buildings when full compliance with EN 115-1:2017 is impossible because of structural or building constraints. This draft standard is intended to be used only as a last resort after the escalator/moving-walk installer has advised on possible building alterations. It defines permitted deviations from EN 115-1 and required alternative protective measures to maintain safety during escalator/moving-walk replacement projects.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope and applicability
  • Applies only to complete replacement of an existing escalator/moving walk in an existing building; not for new installations, partial modernizations, or major relocations.
• Deviations and principles
  • Deviations allowed only where building constraints prevent EN 115-1 compliance; design must otherwise follow EN ISO 12100 risk principles.
• Clear height
  • Where EN 115-1 clear-height rules cannot be met, reduction to 2.1 m or 2.0 m is permitted provided the escalator/moving walk speed is limited to 0.50 m/s and Annex B provisions are met.
• Reduced machinery standing areas
  • Defines minimal rectangular standing-area dimensions, requirements for person-detection devices (inspection-mode enablement, restart prevention, SIL 2 level), failure-lock function and mandatory handbook warnings and maintenance instructions.
• Steep escalators (35°) with >6 m rise
  • Special measures (max speed 0.5 m/s, step demarcation, contrasting combs, comb and step-gap lighting, increased stop devices, and minimum transition radius or reduced speed) for tunnel-like installations.
• Reduced unrestricted area
  • Prohibits shopping trolleys, limits new unit capacity to that of the existing unit or less, ensures new unrestricted area is not smaller than before, and adds emergency stop devices.
• Reduced horizontal step run
  • For lower-landing runs ≥ 0.8 m, requires comb lighting, step-gap lighting and contrasting combs/comb inserts.
• Verification and records
  • Conformity verified by testing, measurement, calculation and visual inspection; verification records must be kept.

Practical applications and users

• Useful for escalator/moving walk manufacturers, installers, and design engineers working on replacements in constrained historic or retrofitted buildings.
• Relevant to building owners, facility managers, maintenance providers, and safety/regulatory bodies to assess acceptable deviations and required safeguards during replacement projects.
• Helps project teams plan safe retrofits where structural change is impractical while ensuring traceable verification and user information.

Related standards

• EN 115-1:2017 (Construction and installation) - primary reference
• EN ISO 12100:2010 (Machine safety - risk assessment and reduction)
• Annexes in prEN 115-5 list significant hazards and provide building-condition guidance relevant to compliance and verification.

Keywords: prEN 115-5, escalator replacement, moving walk replacement, safety of escalators and moving walks, EN 115-1:2017, building constraints, CEN.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Varnost tekočih stopnic in tekočih stez - 5. del: Zamenjava obstoječih tekočih
stopnic/tekočih stez v obstoječih stavbah
Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5: Replacement of existing
escalators/moving walks in existing buildings
Sicherheit von Fahrtreppen und Fahrsteigen - Teil 5: Austausch von bestehenden
Fahrtreppen/Fahrsteigen in bestehenden Bauwerke
Sécurité des escaliers mécaniques et trottoirs roulants - Partie 5 : Remplacement des
escaliers mécaniques/trottoirs roulants existants dans les bâtiments existants
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 115-5
ICS:
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2025
ICS
English Version
Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 5:
Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in
existing buildings
Sécurité des escaliers méchanique et trottoirs roulants Sicherheit von Fahrtreppen und Fahrsteigen - Teil 5:
- Partie 5 : Remplacement d´escaliers Austausch von bestehenden Fahrtreppen/Fahrsteigen
mécaniques/trottoirs roulants existants dans des in bestehenden Bauwerke
bâtiments existants
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 10.
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
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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
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Safety Requirements . 6
4.1 General. 6
4.2 Clear Height . 6
4.3 Reduced standing area in machinery spaces, driving station and return station . 6
4.4 Escalators with 35° inclination and more than 6 m rise . 8
4.5 Reduced unrestricted area for escalators/moving walks . 8
4.6 Reduced horizontal step run at lower landing . 8
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures . 8
6 Information for use . 9
Annex A (informative) Significant hazards related to deviations from EN 115-1 . 10
A.1 General. 10
A.2 Mechanical hazards . 10
A.3 Electric hazards . 10
A.4 Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles in machinery design . 10
A.5 Hazard generated by failure of control circuit . 10
A.6 Slipping, tripping and falling hazards . 10
A.7 Hazards specific for this type of machine . 11
Annex B (normative) Information on the building related conditions in which the
escalator/moving walk is installed . 12
B.1 Reduced unrestricted area for escalators/moving walks without shopping trolleys
................................................................................................................................................................... 12
B.2 Clear Height . 13
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 14
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 aimed to be covered . 16
Bibliography . 18

European foreword
This document (prEN 115-5:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “lifts,
escalators and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the EN 115-1:2017, which gives the basic
requirements for escalators and moving walks.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of
this document.
This document is part of the EN 115 series of standards: “Safety of escalators and moving walks”.
EN 115 is currently composed with the following parts:
— Part 1: Construction and installation;
— Part 2: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing escalators and moving walks;
— Part 3: Correlation between EN 115:1995 and its amendments and EN 115-1:2008 [Technical
Report];
— Part 4: Interpretations related to EN 115 family of standards [Technical Specification];
— Part 5: Replacement of existing escalators/moving walks in existing buildings [the present
document].
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in the case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
Where one or several requirements in EN 115-1:2017 cannot be fulfilled, due to reasons such as the
constraints of the structure of the existing building, the corresponding requirements in this document
apply.
1 Scope
This document specifies the safety rules for new escalators/moving walks replacing existing
escalators/moving walks installed in existing buildings where, due to limitations enforced by building
constraints, certain requirements of EN 115-1:2017 cannot be fully met.
This document only applies when replacing existing escalators/moving walks where structural
constraints within an existing building make the installation of fully EN 115-1:2017 compliant
escalators/moving walks impossible.
This document addresses a number of these constraints, gives safety requirements for alternative
solutions and covers:
— the replacement of an existing escalator/moving walk by a new one in an existing building.
This document does not cover:
— construction and installation of a new escalator / moving walk in an existing building, which is not
replacing an existing escalator/moving walk;
— replacement or modifications of some parts of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. intruss
modernization;
— major modifications of existing escalator/moving walk, e.g. change of the location
(see EN 115-1:2017, Annex L);
— other applications outside of the scope of EN 115-1:2017.
The significant hazards for the protective/risk reduction measures dealt with in this document are listed
in Annex A “List of significant hazards”.
This document is not applicable to escalator/moving walk manufactured before the date of its
publication.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery - General principles for design - Risk assessment and risk reduction
(ISO 12100:2010)
EN 115-1:2017, Safety of escalators and moving walks - Part 1: Construction and installation
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010, EN 115-1:2017
and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
existing building
building, which is used or was already used before the order for the escalator/moving walk was placed
Note 1 to entry: A building whose internal structure is completely renewed is considered as a new building.
3.2
existing escalator/moving walk
escalator/moving walk which is used or was already used
4 Safety Requirements
4.1 General
Escalators/ moving walks replacing existing escalators/moving walks installed in existing buildings shall
comply with the requirements of EN 115-1:2017, as far as not modified or replaced by the safety
requirements of this document. In addition, escalators and moving walks shall be designed according to
the principles of EN ISO 12100:2010 for relevant but not significant hazards, which are not dealt with
within this document.
4.2 Clear Height
Where it is not possible to fulfil the requirements for the clear height according to EN 115-1:2017,
A.2.1/A.2.2 a reduction of h to 2,1 m and/or a reduction of h to 2 m is permitted if the following
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requirement and Annex B.2 are fulfilled:
The nominal speed of the escalator/moving walk shall be limited to 0,50 m/s.
4.3 Reduced standing area in machinery spaces, driving station and return station
When it is not possible to fulfil the requirements for the machine spaces according to EN 115-1:2017,
5.8.2, it is permitted to reduce the standing area if all of the following requirements are fulfilled.
4.3.1 In case a standing area is required, the size of the standing area shall be a rectangular area
2 2
of 0,12 m with a minimum side dimension of 300 mm. The rectangular area shall be extended to 0,22 m
(580 mm x 380 mm) from the knee level (600 mm above the free-standing area) to the lower level of the
arm (800 mm above the free-standing area), (see Figure 1).
A standing area is not required in cases where all operations (maintenance and inspection) can be
undertaken without the need to enter the driving or return station.
Figure 1 — Reduced standing area
4.3.2 A device shall be provided to detect a person within or entering the reduced standing area. The
device shall be enabled in inspection mode. When this device detects a person in or entering the reduced
standing area it shall prevent restarting. This device shall be according to EN 115-1:2017, 5.12.2.6.1 or
5.12.2.6.2 or 5.12.2.6.3 (SIL 2). Failure lock function according to 5.12.2.8 shall be provided.
4.3.3 The instruction handbook (see also EN 115-
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