Railway applications - Gauges - Part 1: General - Common rules for Rolling Stock and Infrastructure

This document contains:
— the definitions and symbols for all EN 15273 documents,
— the general explanation of various elements and phenomena affecting heavy rail gauging,
the general explanation of various calculation methods and processes applicable to —the heavy rail gauging that allow the dimensioning of the rolling stock and the infrastructure.
This European standard document is applicable to heavy rail vehicles and networks using various track gauges. Other vehicles and networks are outside the scope of this document, but the rules may be applied to them.
This document is not applicable to the gauges “S” and “T” for track gauge 1 520 mm.

Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 1: Allgemeines - Gemeinsame Vorschriften für Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur

Applications ferroviaires- Gabarits - Partie1 : Explications de base et règles communes pour Matériel roulant et Infrastructure

Železniške naprave - Profili - 1. del: Splošno - Skupna pravila, ki se nanašajo na železniška vozila in infrastrukturo

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Publication Date
22-Jun-2025
Current Stage
4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
Start Date
06-Jul-2023
Due Date
06-Apr-2023
Completion Date
06-Jul-2023

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2023
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 15273-1:2013+A1:2017
SIST EN 15273-1:2013+A1:2017/AC:2017
Železniške naprave - Profili - 1. del: Splošno - Skupna pravila, ki se nanašajo na
železniška vozila in infrastrukturo
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 1: General - Common rules for Rolling Stock and
Infrastructure
Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 1: Allgemeines - Gemeinsame
Vorschriften für Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur
Applications ferroviaires- Gabarits - Partie1 : Explications de base et règles communes
pour Matériel roulant et Infrastructure
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 15273-1
ICS:
45.060.01 Železniška vozila na splošno Railway rolling stock in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2023
ICS Will supersede EN 15273-1:2013+A1:2016
English Version
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 1: General - Common
rules for Rolling Stock and Infrastructure
Applications ferroviaires- Gabarits - Partie1 : Bahnanwendungen - Lichtraum - Teil 1: Allgemeines -
Explications de base et règles communes pour Matériel Gemeinsame Vorschriften für Infrastruktur und
roulant et Infrastructure Fahrzeuge
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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Contents Page
European Foreword . 5
Introduction. 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 18
4.1 Common symbols . 18
4.2 Specific symbols for absolute and comparative gauging processes . 28
5 Approaches to gauging . 32
5.1 Railway gauging processes . 32
5.2 How to use prEN 15273 series . 32
5.3 Choosing a defined gauge or a gauging process . 33
5.3.1 Interoperability between Railway Undertaking and Infrastructure Manager . 33
5.3.2 Defined gauging methods . 34
5.3.3 Absolute gauging process . 36
5.3.4 Comparative gauging process . 37
6 Elements involved in a gauging process . 37
6.1 General diagram in the lateral direction . 37
6.2 General diagram in the vertical direction . 38
7 Gauges and gauging process . 39
7.1 Defined gauges by calculation . 39
7.1.1 Basic elements of the defined gauges . 39
7.1.2 Reference profile and associated rules . 41
7.2 Absolute and comparative gauging process . 42
7.2.1 General . 42
7.2.2 Absolute gauging process . 43
7.2.3 Comparative gauging process . 46
Annex A (normative) Specific considerations for the classic calculations of defined gauges . 49
A.1 In the lateral direction . 49
A.1.1 Geometric overthrow due to the bogie . 49
A.1.2 Geometric overthrow due to the carbody. 49
A.1.3 Clearance between wheelsets and body. 50
A.1.4 Clearance between the wheelsets and the track . 50
A.1.5 Roll . 51
A.1.6 Lateral displacement of the track . 57
A.2 In the vertical direction . 58
A.2.1 Geometric overthrow . 58
Annex B (normative) Defined kinematic gauges . 60
B.1 General . 60
B.2 In the lateral direction . 62
B.2.1 Inside the kinematic reference profile . 62
B.2.2 Outside the kinematic reference profile . 63
B.3 In the vertical direction . 65
B.3.1 Inside the kinematic reference profile . 65
B.3.2 Outside the kinematic reference profile . 66
B.4 Pantograph gauge . 67
B.4.1 General principle . 67
B.4.2 In the lateral direction . 68
B.4.3 In the vertical direction . 71
B.5 Lower parts . 73
B.6 Wheel and rail area . 75
B.6.1 General . 75
B.6.2 Zone swept by the wheel . 75
B.6.3 Position of the check-rails . 77
B.7 Contact ramps . 77
B.7.1 General . 77
B.7.2 For the infrastructure . 78
B.7.3 For the rolling stock . 78
B.8 Stopping devices . 79
B.9 Marshalling hump . 80
B.9.1 General convention . 80
B.9.2 Track brakes installed close to the marshalling humps . 80
B.10 Access to ferries . 84
B.10.1 General Principle . 84
B.10.2 Passing over link spans onto ferries . 84
Annex C (normative) Defined static gauges . 85
C.1 General . 85
C.2 In the lateral direction . 86
C.2.1 Inside the static reference profile . 86
C.2.2 Outside the static reference profile .
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