EN 15273-2:2025

Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling stock

This document is applicable to new vehicle designs, to modifications to existing vehicles and for checking existing vehicles to be used on another route or network.
This document contains:
-   the rules for rolling stock for all defined gauges;
-   the swept envelope calculation process used for defined dynamic gauges, absolute and comparative process;
-   the list of documents required to assess vehicle conformity to this standard.
This document is applicable to heavy rail vehicles using various track gauges. Other vehicles and networks are outside the scope of this document, but the rules may be applied to them with some adjustments and agreement of the share of responsibility between rolling stock and infrastructure.
This document is not applicable to the gauges “S” and “T” for track gauge 1 520 mm.

Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 2: Fahrzeuge

Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für neue Fahrzeugkonstruktionen, für Anderungen an bestehenden Fahrzeu
gen und für die Uberprüfung bestehender Fahrzeuge, die auf einer anderen Strecke oder einem anderen Netz zum Einsatz kommen sollen.
Dieses Dokument enthält:
-   die Regeln für Rollmaterial für alle definierten Begrenzungslinien;
-   das Verfahren zur Berechnung der Hüllkurve für definierte dynamische Begrenzungslinien, absolute und vergleichende Berechnungsmethode;
-   die Liste der Dokumente, die für die Bewertung der Fahrzeugkonformität mit dieser Norm erforderlich sind.
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Vollbahnfahrzeuge mit verschiedenen Spurweiten. Andere Fahrzeuge und Netze fallen nicht in den Anwendungsbereich dieses Dokuments, aber die Regeln dürfen, mit einigen Anpassun
gen und einer Vereinbarung über die Aufteilung der Verantwortung zwischen Fahrzeugen und Infrastruktur, auf sie angewendet werden.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar auf die Begrenzungslinien „S“ und „T“ für die Spurweite 1520mm.

Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 2 : Matériel roulant

Železniške naprave - Profili - 2. del: Vozna sredstva

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 21-Oct-2025
• ICS: 45.020 - Railway engineering in general
• ICS: 45.060.01 - Railway rolling stock in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 256 - Railway applications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 256/WG 32 - Vehicle gauge
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 22-Oct-2025
• Due Date: 30-May-2024
• Completion Date: 22-Oct-2025
• 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: SIST EN 15273-2:2025 - Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling Stock

Relations

• Replaces: EN 15273-2:2013+A1:2016 - Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling stock gauge
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 15273-2:2013+A1:2017
Železniške naprave - Profili - 2. del: Vozna sredstva
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling Stock
Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 2: Fahrzeuge
Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 2 : Matériel roulant
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15273-2:2025
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.

EN 15273-2
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 45.020; 45.060.01 Supersedes EN 15273-2:2013+A1:2016
English Version
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling stock
Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 2 : Matériel Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 2:
roulant Fahrzeuge
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 16 June 2025.

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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
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Contents          Page
European foreword . 5
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Symbols and abbreviations . 9
5 Gauges and gauging processes . 9
5.1 General principles for all defined gauges . 9
5.2 Defined static and kinematic gauges . 9
5.3 Dynamic methods .10
5.3.1 General principles .10
5.3.2 Dynamic method based on defined gauges .10
5.3.3 Absolute gauging process .10
5.3.4 Comparative gauging process .10
Annex A (normative) Defined kinematic gauges — common rules .11
A.1 General rules .11
A.2 Determination of the vehicle heights .16
A.3 Determination of the vehicle semi-widths .32
A.4 Pantograph gauge verification and non-insulated devices on the vehicle’s roof .45
A.5 Wheel zone .49
A.6 Specific rules for doors and steps in the open position .52
Annex B (normative) Defined kinematic gauges for vehicles with passive tilting systems
and vehicles without tilting system intended for operation at higher lateral
accelerations .54
B.1 Introduction .54
B.2 Common rules with Annex A .54
B.3 Quasi-static displacements 𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛 for passive tilting vehicles .55
B.4 Quasi-static displacements 𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛𝒛 for non-tilting vehicles operating with 𝑰𝑰 =𝑰𝑰𝑰𝑰 >𝑰𝑰𝒛𝒛 57
B.5 Pantographs independent of the tilting body system or mounted on non-tilting
vehicles operating with 𝑰𝑰𝑰𝑰 >𝑰𝑰𝒛𝒛 .57
B.6 Rules about devices on the vehicle’s roof and pantographs in the lowered position
inside the pantograph’s reference profile .59
Annex C (informative) Defined kinematic gauges – Active tilting vehicles and pantograph
associated with a re-centring system .60
C.1 Introduction .60
C.2 Risk analysis .60
C.3 Active body tilting method .61
C.4 Lateral reductions .61
C.5 Pantographs coupled to the tilting body and/or a pantograph re-centring system .65
Annex D (normative) Defined kinematic gauge – Graphical method . 71
D.1 General . 71
D.2 Lateral reductions . 71
Annex E (normative) Defined kinematic gauges G1, GI1, GI2, G2, GA, GB, GC, GB1, GB2, GI3,
FR 3.3, BE1, BE2, BE3, BE4, PTb, PTb+, PTc, PT1, PT2,  DE1, DE2, DE3, NL1, NL2,
GHE16, GEI1, GEI2, GEI3, GEA16, GEB16, GEC16, GEC14, GEE10, GED10, EBV O1, EBV
O2, EBV O3, EBV U1, EBV U2, EBV U3, DK1, GCZ3 . 84
E.1 Defined kinematic gauges using the same common rules . 84
E.2 Gauges for lower parts . 85
E.3 Gauges for upper part . 88
E.4 Particular rules. 89
Annex F (normative) Defined static gauges - common rules . 91
F.1 General rules . 91
F.2 Determination of the vehicle heights . 92
F.3 Determination of the vehicle semi-widths . 92
Annex G (normative) Defined static gauges G1, GI1, GI2, G2, GA, GB, GC, GB1, GB2, GEI1,
GHE16, GEA16, GEB16, GEC16, GEE10, GED 10 . 94
G.1 Defined static gauges using the same common rules . 94
G.2 Gauges for lower parts . 94
G.3 Gauges for upper parts . 95
Annex H (normative) Defined static gauges using other rules – UK, FIN1 . 96
H.1 Defined static gauges using other rules . 96
H.2 Defined static gauge UK . 96
H.3 Defined static gauge FIN1 . 96
Annex I (informative) Defined kinematic gauges and defined static gauges using common
rules – Common process . 104
I.1 Establishing the formulae to define a maximum construction gauge . 104
I.2 Process for defined kinematic gauge using common rules . 104
I.3 Process for defined static gauge using common rules . 108
Annex J (normative) Dynamic gauging using computer simulation tools . 112
J.1 Background . 112
J.2 Principles . 112
J.3 Vehicle simulation model . 114
J.4 Model validation . 115
J.5 Track data . 122
J.6 Dynamic simulation . 123
J.7 Results processing . 123
J.8 Create swept envelope . 123
Annex K (normative) Defined dynamic gauges – Common rules . 124
K.1 General . 124
K.2 Movement calculation by formulae . 125
K.3 Movement calculation by simulation . 138
K.4 Comparison with allowed space . 145
K.5 Input data catalogue (informative) . 145
Annex L (normative) Defined dynamic gauges SEa, SEc, NO1, NO2 . 148
L.1 Defined dynamic gauges - common rules . 148
L.2 Gauges . 148
L.3 Special rules for bottom lines . 148
Annex M (normative) Application of dynamic gauging by simulation and calculation of
swept envelopes for use in Absolute and Comparative Gauging . 150
M.1 Principles . 150
M.2 Provision of data for assessment of compatibility . 150
M.3 Creating a simulation model . 150
M.4 Model validation .
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