prEN 15273-2

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. Other vehicles 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 2: Fahrzeuge

Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 2 : Matériel roulant

Železniške naprave - Profili - 2. del: Vozna sredstva

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 22-Jun-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: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 06-Jul-2023
• Due Date: 06-Apr-2023
• Completion Date: 06-Jul-2023
• 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 15273-2:2023 - Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling Stock

Relations

• Revises: 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-maj-2023
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: prEN 15273-2
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 15273-2:2013+A1:2016
English Version
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling Stock
Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 2 : Matériel Bahnanwendungen - Lichtraum - Teil 2: Fahrzeuge
roulant
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 256.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents
European foreword .10
Introduction .12
1 Scope .13
2 Normative references .13
3 Terms and definitions .14
4 Symbols and abbreviations .14
5 Gauges and gauging processes .14
5.1 General principles for all defined gauges .14
5.2 Defined static and kinematic gauges .14
5.3 Dynamic methods .15
5.3.1 General principles .15
5.3.2 Dynamic method based on defined gauges .15
5.3.3 Absolute gauging process .15
5.3.4 Comparative gauging process .15
Annex A (normative) Defined kinematic gauges — common rules .16
A.1 General rules .16
A.1.1 Requirements for use of defined kinematic gauges .16
A.1.2 Dimensional tolerances on vehicles .17
A.1.3 Applicability of this annex .18
A.1.4 Vehicles with non-coincident bogie centre and rotation point.19
A.1.5 Bogie classes .19
A.1.6 Designation of running gear .20
A.2 Determination of the vehicle heights .21
A.2.1 General .21
A.2.2 Determination of the minimum heights above running plane .21
A.3 Determination of the vehicle semi-widths .34
A.3.1 General .34
A.3.2 Quasi-static displacements .35
A.3.3 Lateral reductions – general formulae .36
A.3.4 Rules for bottom lines of gauge – shunting devices and contact ramps .40
A.4 Pantograph gauge verification and non-insulated devices on the vehicle’s roof
......................................................................................................................................................44
A.4.1 Pantograph gauge verification .44
A.4.2 Pantographs in lowered position and non-insulated live parts on vehicle's
roof .46
A.5 Wheel zone .48
A.6 Specific rules for doors and steps in the open position .51
A.6.1 General .51
A.6.2 Access doors . 51
A.6.3 Movable steps. 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 . 53
B.1 Introduction . 53
B.2 Common rules with Annex A . 53
B.3 Quasi-static displacements z for passive tilting vehicles . 54
cin
B.4 Quasi-static displacements z for non-tilting vehicle operating with
cin
I Ip> Ic . 56
B.5 Pantographs independent of the tilting body system or mounted on a non-
tilting vehicle operating with . 56
II>
pc
B.5.1 General . 56
B.5.2 Pantograph located between the end wheelsets or the bogie pivots . 57
B.5.3 Pantograph located beyond the end wheelsets or the bogie pivots . 58
B.6 Rules about devices on the vehicle’s roof and pantographs in lowered
position inside the pantograph's reference profile . 58
Annex C (informative) Defined kinematic gauges – Active tilting vehicles and
pantograph associated with a re-centering system . 59
C.1 Introduction . 59
C.2 Risk analysis . 59
C.3 Active body tilting method . 60
C.4 Lateral reductions . 60
C.4.1 Basic formulae . 60
C.4.2 Modifications to be made to the formulae for calculating active tilting vehicles
...................................................................................................................................................... 60
C.4.3 Expression for the values of the lateral clearance when the body is tilted . 61
z
p
C.4.4 Quasi-static displacements . 62
C.4.5 Other associated rules . 63
C.5 Pantographs coupled to the tilting body and/or a pantograph re-centering
system . 64
C.5.1 General . 64
C.5.2 Pantographs with counter-tilting system fixed to the tilting body. 64
C.5.3 Pantographs having a re-centering system . 67
Annex D (normative) Defined kinematic gauge – Graphical method . 71
D.1 General . 71
D.2 Lateral reductions . 71
=
D.2.1 General .71
Dpl
iR,
( )
D.2.2 Determination of lateral displacement .72
D.2.3 Determination of lateral displacement Dpl .80
a,( R)
D.2.4 Quasi-static displacement z .82
cin
D.2.5 Determination of lateral reductions .82
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, DE1, DE2, DE3, NL1, NL2,
GHE16, GEA16, GEB16, GEC16, GEC14, GEE10, GED10, EBVO1, EBVO2, EBVO3,
DK1, GCZ3 .84
E.1 Defined kinematic gauges using the same common rules .84
E.2 Gauges for lower parts .85
E.2.1 Common parts .85
E.2.2 Special rules for bottom lines of lower parts.86
E.3 Gauges for upper part .87
E.4 Particular rules .88
E.4.1 Upper parts for gauges DE1 and DE2 .88
E.4.2 Gauges BE1, BE2, BE3 and BE4 .89
Annex F (normative) Defined static gauges - common rules .90
F.1 General rules .90
F.1.1 General .90
F.1.2 Limitations for the use of defined static gauges .
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