SIST-V CEN/CLC Guide 26:2014

Railway applications - Preparation of standards for urban rail systems design, construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance

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Bahnanwendungen - Vorbereitung auf Normen an Schienennahverkehrssysteme Planung, Bau, Herstellung, Betrieb Und Instandhaltung

Applications ferroviaires – Préparation des normes pour la conception, la construction, la fabrication, l'exploitation et la maintenance des réseaux ferroviaires urbains

Železniške naprave - Priprava standardov za načrtovanje, izvedbo, proizvodnjo, obratovanje in vzdrževanje urbanih železniških sistemov

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Feb-2014
• Technical Committee: IŽNP - Reilway applications
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 29-Jan-2014
• Due Date: 05-Apr-2014
• Completion Date: 28-Feb-2014
• Ref Project: CEN/CLC Guide 26:2013 - Railway applications - Preparation of standards for urban rail systems design, construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance.

Overview

CEN/CLC Guide 26:2013 - Railway applications: Preparation of standards for urban rail systems design, construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance - is a CEN‑CENELEC guide that provides fundamental requirements and guidance for standardization in urban rail systems. Adopted to support Mandate M/486, the Guide is a reference for preparing voluntary European standards for Metro, Tram, Light Rail and other local rail systems that may fall outside the scope of the Interoperability Directive 2008/57/EC.

Key topics and technical requirements

The Guide sets out high‑level, practical requirements to be translated into standards, covering:

• Scope and definitions - Clear terminology for Urban Guided Transport (UGT), metros, trams, light rail, local rail systems, infrastructure, rolling stock, guideway, stations and stopping places.
• General requirements - Safety, health, environmental protection, reliability & availability, technical compatibility and procedural requirements for design, construction, operation and maintenance.
• Safety and risk control - Design and operational measures to limit foreseeable hazards, fire and fume propagation, touch voltages and unauthorised access to hazardous equipment.
• Operations and maintenance - Requirements for normal and degraded operations, staff training, traffic planning, preventive and corrective maintenance strategies.
• Subsystem guidance - Specific considerations for:
  • Infrastructure (guideways, stations, accessibility);
  • Traction power supply (generation, distribution, conversion and storage);
  • Signalling, automatic train control and operations control systems;
  • Rolling stock (vehicle design, interfaces, safety);
  • Passenger information systems and ticketing systems (fare, sale, validation and access control).
• Procedural aspects - Guidance for standard writers to ensure coherence, applicability and compatibility with national legislation where UGT interacts with road traffic.

Applications

CEN/CLC Guide 26 is used to:

• Inform the development of European and national standards for urban rail design, manufacture, operation and maintenance.
• Support procurement specifications, safety cases and technical compliance checks for metro, tram and light rail projects.
• Guide infrastructure owners and operators in defining system requirements for traction power, signalling, rolling stock, passenger information and ticketing.
• Assist regulators and competent authorities in setting voluntary standardization priorities where the Interoperability Directive does not apply.

Who should use it

• Standards committees (e.g., CEN/TC256, CLC/TC9X) and technical writers
• Urban rail designers, system integrators and manufacturers
• Infrastructure managers, operators and maintenance teams
• Procurers, safety assessors and transport authorities

Related standards

• Interoperability Directive 2008/57/EC (contextual reference)
• Mandate M/486 (programming and standardisation in Urban Rail)

This Guide is primarily a framework to ensure that urban rail standards address safety, compatibility and operational needs across the full lifecycle: design, construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Railway applications - Preparation of standards for urban rail systems design,
construction, manufacture, operations and maintenance
Bahnanwendungen - Vorbereitung auf Normen an Schienennahverkehrssysteme
Planung, Bau, Herstellung, Betrieb Und Instandhaltung
Applications ferroviaires – Préparation des normes pour la conception, la construction, la
fabrication, l'exploitation et la maintenance des réseaux ferroviaires urbains
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/CLC Guide 26:2013
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

CEN-CENELEC
GUIDE
Railway applications –
Preparation of standards for
urban rail systems design,
construction, manufacture,
operations and maintenance
Edition 1, June 2013
CEN and CENELEC adopted this CEN-CENELEC Guide 26 through CEN/BT Decision C53/2013 and CENELEC/BT
Decision D144/C179 respectively.

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Contents       Page
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Object . 5
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 General requirements . 8
4.1 Safety . 8
4.2 Health . 8
4.3 Environmental protection . 8
4.4 Reliability and availability . 9
4.5 Technical compatibility . 9
4.6 Procedural requirement . 9
5 Requirements specific to operations and subsystems . 10
5.1 Operations . 10
5.2 Maintenance . 10
5.3 Infrastructure. 11
5.4 Traction Power Supply . 12
5.5 Signalling, Automatic Train Control and Operations Control Systems . 12
5.6 Rolling Stock . 13
5.7 Passenger information systems . 14
5.8 Ticketing systems . 14

CEN-CENELEC Guide 26:2013 (E)
Introduction
This document is the one mentioned as "Fundamental requirements" in the “Mandate for programming and
standardisation in the field of Urban Rail” M/486 EN addressed to the European Standardisation Bodies in
order to develop standards for voluntary use. This document shall be used as a reference for the execution of
this mandate.
This document is intended to serve as a recommendation for Competent Authorities responsible for design,
construction, operation and maintenance of Urban Rail systems.
The starting point for this document is the fact pointed out in the mandate that the so-called “Essential
Requirements” for interoperability set out in Annex III of the Interoperability Directive 2008/57/EC were not
intended to cover urban and local rail systems.
The scope is covering general requirements as presented in Clause 4 and requirements related to sub-
systems as presented in Clause 5.

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1 Scope
This document applies to Urban Rail systems design, construction, manufacture, operations and
maintenance.
Urban Rail systems cover both Urban Guided Transport systems (UGT) and other rail systems which might
be excluded from the scope of the Interoperability Directive 2008/57/EC (Article 1.3 (a) and (b)) .
Urban Guided Transport systems (UGT), which cover Metro, Tram and Light Rail, are defined as public
transport systems permanently guided at least by one rail, intended for the operation of local, urban and
suburban passenger services with self-propelled vehicles and operated either segregated or not from
general road and pedestrian traffic.
Categories of Urban Rail systems include:
– (I) Metros: UGT systems operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and
pedestrian traffic. They are consequently designed for operations in tunnel, viaducts or on surface level
but with physical separation in such a way that inadvertent access is not possible. In different parts of the
world, Metro systems are also known as the underground, the subway or the tube. Rail systems with
specific construction issues operating on a segregated guideway (e.g. monorail, rack railways) are also
treated as Metros as long as they are designated as part of the urban public transport network.
– (II) Trams: UGT systems not segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic, which share their right
of way with general road and/or pedestrian traffic and are therefore embedded in their relevant national
road traffic legislation (highway codes and specific adaptations).
– (III) Light Rail: Light Rail is defined as a UGT system operated in parts of the system not segregated
from general road and pedestrian traffic, and in parts of the system with segregated right-of-way. The
segregation may include some sections of line where inadvertent access is not possible.
– (IV) Local rail systems which by national decision complying with Article 1.3 (a) or (b) of Directive
2008/57/EC may be excluded from the European Community Rail System. Such systems connect city
centres with their suburban hinterland or regional local centres. Such systems are operated on rights of
way which are basically segregated from general road and/or pedestrian traffic and/or which can be
declared by law as independent from the public environment even if they are not segregated by location,
form of construction or appropriate measures. For historical reasons they might be strongly influenced
by conventional railway parameters and their operations procedures.
2 Object
The object of this document is to give guidance for the preparation of standards for Urban Rail systems
design, construction, manufacture, operations & maintenance.
This guidance is intended to be used notably by CEN/TC256 and CLC/TC9X and all those potentially
concerned with the preparation of standards for Urban Rail systems design, construction, manufacture,
operations and maintenance.
(a) Metros, Trams and other Light Rail systems;
(b) networks that are functionally separate from the rest of the rail system and are intended only for the operation of local, urban or
suburban passenger services, as well as railway undertakings operating solely on these networks; […].
The segregation is achieved by appropriate measures such as kerbstones, railings, hedges, rows of trees, level crossings or fixed
barriers of fences.
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3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1.1
construction and manufacturing
new construction or manufacturing as well as a significant change to a system, sub-system or component
(e.g. infrastructure or rolling stock)
Note 1 to entry: “Construction” applies to construction, extension, upgrade and renewal.
3.1.2
design
initial project phase of the development of a system, sub-system or component covering all steps from
preliminary outlines to final documentation before implementation
3.1.3
guideway
part of infrastructure intended for movements or storage of trains (including sidings and stabling areas)
Note 1 to entry: The guideway is made up of engineering structure (including tunnels, viaducts and bridges) and
track.
3.1.4
infrastructure
encompasses stopping places and stations (places where passengers can enter or leave the system) and
guideway
3.1.5
maintenance
maintenance of infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems covers all preventive and corrective
activities intended to keep a system or sub-system in proper operating condition
Note 1 to entry: This covers prevention of failures in service, retarding deterioration, and repairing or replacing
components or equipment after failure.
3.1.6
operations
all measures intended to effect the transport of passengers, both under normal and degraded conditions,
including training of operations staff, traffic planning and management

This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU (“2.1. Infrastructure:
The track, points, engineering structures (bridges, tunnels, etc.), associated station infrastructure (platforms, zones of access,
including the needs of persons with reduced mobility, etc.), safety and protective equipment.”)
This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU (“The procedures,
associated equipment, logistics centres for maintenance work and reserves providing the mandatory corrective and preventive
maintenance to ensure the interoperability of the rail system and guarantee the performance required.”).
This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU (“Operation and
traffic management: The procedures and related equipment enabling coherent operation of the various structural subsystems, during
both normal and degraded operation, including in particular train composition and train driving, traffic planning and management; The
professional qualifications which may be required for carrying out cross-border services.”).
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3.1.7
passenger information systems
applications providing passengers with information before and during the journey
3.1.8
rolling stock
single or multiple unit vehicles operated on urban rail systems as a train-set or as a part of a train-set
Note 1 to entry: Rolling stock, which is not intended to be separated during train operation, is considered to be
one train set.
3.1.9
signalling, Automatic Train Control and Operations Control Systems
all the equipment necessary to ensure safe movements of trains, including control of route elements, as well
as to manage and supervise train operations and possibly to ensure safe passenger transfers between trains
and platforms
Note 1 to entry: These include: Signalling Systems, Automatic Train Control Systems, Operations Control
Systems.
3.1.10
stations
parts of the infrastructure intended for boarding and alighting of passengers to/from trains (e.g. platform
areas) as well as areas providing access from the public environment to the transport system, i.e. the area
under the responsibility of the transport company
3.1.11
stopping places
intended for boarding and alighting of passengers as part of the public environment
3.1.12
ticketing systems
aspects related to fare selection, sale and validation of tickets or passes, and control of access to - or exit
from - the system
3.1.13
traction power supply
system, including electric power generation, transformation and conversion, power distribution and power
storage
This definition is different from the one given under “Telematics Applications” in Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by
Directive 2011/18/EU. (“Telematics Applications. In accordance with Annex I, this subsystem comprises two elements:
(a) applications for passenger services, including systems providing passengers with information before and during the journey,
reservation and payment systems, luggage management and management of connections between trains and with other modes of
transport;
(b) applications for freight services, including information systems (real-time monitoring of freight and trains), marshalling and
allocation systems, reservation, payment and invoicing systems, management of connections with other modes of transport and
production of electronic accompanying documents.”).
Indeed, the term “Telematics Applications” covers too wide a range of issues not applicable to urban rail.
This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU (“Structure,
command and control system for all train equipment, electric current collection devices, traction and energy conversion units, on-
board equipment for electricity consumption measuring, braking, coupling and running gear (bogies, axles, etc.) and suspension,
doors, man/machine interfaces (driver, on-board staff and passengers, including the needs of persons with reduced mobility), passive
or active safety devices and requisites for the health of passengers and on-board staff.”).
This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU (“2.3. Trackside
control-command and signalling: All the trackside equipment required to ensure safety and to command and control movements of
trains authorised to travel on the network.” & “2.4. On-board control-command and signalling: All the on-board equipment required to
ensure safety and to command and control movements of trains authorised to travel on the network.”).
See previous footnote.
This definition is different from the one of Annex II of the Directive 2008/57/EC modified by Directive 2011/18/EU. The words
“Traction Power Supply” are used instead of the word “Energy” and the definition is slightly changed (“The electrification system,
including overhead lines and the trackside of the electricity consumption measuring system.”).
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviations apply.
UGT Urban Guided Transport
4 General requirements
4.1 Safety
4.1.1 Urban Rail systems shall be so constructed that their use, compliant with regulations, will not cause
harm to anybody or endanger anybody more than is deemed acceptable by regulations.
4.1.2 The design, construction, operation and maintenance of Urban Rail systems shall be carried out in
such a manner as to maintain their operation as intended, including in specified degraded situations, and to
assure the level of safety required by the responsible body. This shall include consideration of all persons
likely to interact with the system, including the case of a Tram or a Light Rail system operated on a public
road not segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic.
4.1.3 The safety risk of any foreseeable hazard shall be limited by appropriate means.
4.1.4 Infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems shall be so constructed that they withstand the
highest mechanical, electrical and thermal stresses foreseen, without endangering operation.
4.1.5 The design and construction of infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems and choice of
materials used shall be aimed at limiting the generation, propagation and consequences of fire and emission
of harmful fumes or gases.
4.1.6 Any device in infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems intended to be handled by users shall
be clearly visible, reachable, its purpose easily recognisable or clearly explained, and so designed that it does
not impair the safe operation of the device itself or of the system or the health and safety of users.
4.1.7 Infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems shall be so constructed that devices and equipment
which could endanger persons cannot be touched - as far as their access is not prohibited - either on purpose
or inadvertently except by authorised staff.
4.1.8 Infrastructure, rolling stock and other subsystems shall be so designed and constructed
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