I.S. EN 15528:2015
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RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - LINE CATEGORIES FOR MANAGING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN LOAD LIMITS OF VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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03-01-2022
English
01-01-2015
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National Foreword
European foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
4 Classification system
5 Classification of infrastructure
6 Categorization of railway vehicles
7 Compatibility of the interface between vehicle and
infrastructure
Annex A (normative) - Reference wagons and load models
representing the line categories
Annex B (informative) - Flow chart: Classification of
infrastructure and categorization of vehicles
Annex C (informative) - MU-Groups and MU-Classes
Annex D (normative) - Mass definitions for line category
and dynamic compatibility check for passenger
carriages and multiple units
Annex E (informative) - Load models corresponding to MU-classes
Annex F (informative) - Speeds which do not require dynamic
compatibility checks
Annex G (informative) - Methods used to determine the load
carrying capacity of existing structures
Annex H (informative) - Line classification result
Annex I (informative) - Example of calculation methodology
Annex J (informative) - Maximum permissible axle
load P - Wagons with two 2-axles bogies
Annex K (informative) - Maximum permissible axle
load P - Wagons with two 3-axles bogies
Annex L (informative) - Line categories of 6-axle
locomotives
Annex M (informative) - L4 locomotive classes
(4-axle locomotives)
Annex N (informative) - L6 locomotive classes
(6-axle locomotives)
Annex O (informative) - Example of correspondence
between a national track classification
system and line categories
Annex P (informative) - Parametric studies for dynamic
analysis
Annex Q (informative) - Comparison of RA-classification
with line categories
Annex R (informative) - Weight note for locomotives
Annex S (informative) - Examples of axle spacings for
locomotives and for a standard passenger carriage
Annex T (informative) - Categorization of MU's
by parameter check
Annex U (informative) - Guidence for categorizing
light rail MU's into line category a10, a12 or a14
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
standard and the Essential Requirements of
EU Directive 2008/57/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008
on the interoperability of the rail system within the
Community (Recast)
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