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  • IEC 60913:2013

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    Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction overhead contact lines

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF, PDF 3 Users, PDF 5 Users, PDF 9 Users

    Superseded date:  08-04-2024

    Language(s):  English - French

    Published date:  06-03-2013

    Publisher:  International Electrotechnical Committee

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations
    4 Fundamental design data
    5 System requirements
    6 Structures
    7 Component requirements
    8 Testing
    9 Minimum documentation
    Annex A (informative) - Current-carrying capacity
            of conductors
    Annex B (informative) - Structural details
    Annex C (informative) - Geotechnical soil investigation
            and soil characteristics
    Annex D (informative) - Information on uniformity of
            elasticity of OCL within a span length
    Annex E (normative) - Special national conditions
    Bibliography

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    IEC 60913:2013 applies to electric traction overhead contact line systems in heavy railways, light railways, trolley busses and industrial railways of public and private operators. It applies to new installations of overhead contact line systems and for the complete reconstruction of existing overhead contact line systems. It provides the requirements and tests for the design of overhead contact lines, requirements for structures and their structural calculations and verifications as well as the requirements and tests for the design of assemblies and individual parts. The main technical changes with regard to the previous edition deal with:
    - fundamental design data,
    - system requirements,
    - structures,
    - components requirements, and
    - testing.

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    Committee TC 9
    Development Note Stability date: 2021. (11/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher International Electrotechnical Committee
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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    I.S. EN 62621:2016 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPOSITE INSULATORS USED FOR OVERHEAD CONTACT LINE SYSTEMS
    11/30230287 DC : 0 BS IEC 60494-1 - RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - ROLLING STOCK - PANTOGRAPHS - CHARACTERISTICS AND TESTS - PART 1: PANTOGRAPHS FOR MAIN LINES VEHICLES
    IEC 62498-2:2010 Railway applications - Environmental conditions for equipment - Part 2: Fixed electrical installations
    IEC 60494-1:2013 Railway applications - Rolling stock - Pantographs - Characteristics and tests - Part 1: Pantographs for main line vehicles
    IEC 62505-2:2016 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Particular requirements for AC switchgear - Part 2: Disconnectors, earthing switches and switches with nominal voltage above 1 kV
    IEC 62128-1:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electrical safety, earthing and the return circuit - Part 1: Protective provisions against electric shock
    BS EN 62621 : 2016 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPOSITE INSULATORS USED FOR OVERHEAD CONTACT LINE SYSTEMS (IEC 62621:2011)
    IEC 61992-1:2006+AMD1:2014 CSV Railway applications - Fixed installations - DC switchgear - Part 1:General
    IEC 61992-4:2006+AMD1:2015 CSV Railway applications - Fixed installations - DC switchgear - Part 4:Outdoor d.c. disconnectors, switch-disconnectors and earthing switches
    IEC 62724:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Insulating synthetic rope assemblies for support of overhead contact lines
    IEC 62621:2011 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Specific requirements for composite insulators used for overhead contact line systems
    UNE-EN 62621:2016 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Specific requirements for composite insulators used for overhead contact line systems
    08/30160532 DC : DRAFT MAY 2008 BS EN 50122-1 - RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRICAL SAFETY, EARTHING AND BONDING - PART 1: PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK
    IEC 62846:2016 Railway applications - Current collection systems - Requirements for and validation of measurements of the dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead contact line
    IEC 60850:2014 Railway applications - Supply voltages of traction systems
    IEC 62486:2017 Railway applications - Current collection systems - Technical criteria for the interaction between pantograph and overhead contactline (to achieve free access)
    IEC 62505-1:2016 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Particular requirements for AC switchgear - Part 1: Circuit-breakers with nominal voltage above 1 kV
    12/30251569 DC BS IEC 62128-1. Railway applications. Fixed installations. Electrical safety, earthing and the return circuit. Part 1. Protective provisions against electric shock
    EN 62621:2016/A1:2016 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPOSITE INSULATORS USED FOR OVERHEAD CONTACT LINE SYSTEMS

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    UIC 606-1 : 1987 AMD 1 CONSEQUENCES OF THE APPLICATION OF THE KINEMATIC GAUGES DEFINED BY UIC LEAFLETS IN THE 505 SERIES ON THE DESIGN OF THE CONTACT LINES
    EN 50189:2000 Conductors for overhead lines - Zinc coated steel wires
    EN 12465 : 2001 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - DURABILITY REQUIREMENTS
    ISO 898-2:2012 Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 2: Nuts with specified property classes — Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
    IEC 61325:1995 Insulators for overhead lines with a nominal voltage above 1000 V - Ceramic or glass insulator units for d.c. systems - Definitions, test methods and acceptance criteria
    ISO 22476-2:2005 Geotechnical investigation and testing Field testing Part 2: Dynamic probing
    EN 485-1:2016 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Sheet, strip and plate - Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
    EN 755-1:2016 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles - Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
    EN 12843 : 2004 PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS - MASTS AND POLES
    IEC 60826:2017 Design criteria of overhead transmission lines
    EN 50326 : 2002 Conductors for overhead lines - Characteristics of greases
    UIC 606-2 : 4ED 1986 INSTALLATION OF 25 KV AND 50 OR 60 HZ OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    ISO 3010:2017 Bases for design of structures — Seismic actions on structures
    IEC 62128-1:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electrical safety, earthing and the return circuit - Part 1: Protective provisions against electric shock
    IEC 60050-811:1991 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 811: Electric traction
    EN 1991-2:2003/AC:2010 EUROCODE 1: ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - PART 2: TRAFFIC LOADS ON BRIDGES
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    EN 50318:2002 Railway applications - Current collection systems - Validation of simulation of the dynamic interaction between pantograph and overhead contact line
    CLC/TS 50502:2008 Railway applications - Rolling stock - Electric equipment in trolley buses - Safety requirements and connection systems
    EN 1536:2010+A1:2015 Execution of special geotechnical work - Bored piles
    EN 10164:2004 Steel products with improved deformation properties perpendicular to the surface of the product - Technical delivery conditions
    IEC 60099-4:2014 Surge arresters - Part 4: Metal-oxide surge arresters without gaps for a.c. systems
    ISO 14688-1:2002 Geotechnical investigation and testing Identification and classification of soil Part 1: Identification and description
    ISO/TR 11069:1995 Aluminium structures — Material and design — Ultimate limit state under static loading
    IEC 61992-5:2006 Railway applications - Fixed installations - DC switchgear - Part 5: Surge arresters and low-voltage limiters for specific use in d.c. systems
    ISO 4354:2009 Wind actions on structures
    IEC 60494-1:2013 Railway applications - Rolling stock - Pantographs - Characteristics and tests - Part 1: Pantographs for main line vehicles
    ISO 12633-2:2011 Hot-finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Part 2: Dimensions and sectional properties
    ISO 2394:2015 General principles on reliability for structures
    ISO 3898:2013 Bases for design of structures — Names and symbols of physical quantities and generic quantities
    SAC GB/T 1179 : 1999 ROUND WIRE CONCENTRIC LAY OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL STRANDED CONDUCTORS
    UIC 608 : 3ED 2003 CONDITIONS TO BE COMPLIED WITH FOR THE PANTOGRAPHS OF TRACTIVE UNITS USED IN INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
    UIC 505-5 : 3ED 2010 HISTORY, JUSTIFICATION AND COMMENTARIES ON THE ELABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UIC LEAFLETS OF THE SERIES 505 AND 506 ON GAUGES
    UIC 505-1 : 10ED 2006 RAILWAY TRANSPORT STOCK - ROLLING STOCK CONSTRUCTION GAUGE
    IEC 61109:2008 Insulators for overhead lines - Composite suspension and tension insulators for a.c. systems with a nominal voltage greater than 1 000 V - Definitions, test methods and acceptance criteria
    IEC 60672-3:1997 Ceramic and glass-insulating materials - Part 3: Specifications for individual materials
    IEC 60660:1999 Insulators - Tests on indoor post insulators of organic material for systems with nominal voltages greater than 1 000 V up to but not including 300 kV
    ISO 1461:2009 Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles — Specifications and test methods
    EN 50183:2000 Conductors for overhead lines - Aluminium-magnesium-silicon alloy wires
    EN 20898-2 : 1993 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FASTENERS - PART 2: NUTS WITH SPECIFIED PROOF LOAD VALUES - COARSE THREAD (ISO 898-2:1992)
    EN 10025-1:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels - Part 1: General technical delivery conditions
    IEC 60850:2014 Railway applications - Supply voltages of traction systems
    EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components
    EN 50317:2012/AC:2012 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - CURRENT COLLECTION SYSTEMS - REQUIREMENTS FOR AND VALIDATION OF MEASUREMENTS OF THE DYNAMIC INTERACTION BETWEEN PANTOGRAPH AND OVERHEAD CONTACT LINE
    IEC 62305-1:2010 Protection against lightning - Part 1: General principles
    IEC 61952:2008 Insulators for overhead lines - Composite line post insulators for A.C. systems with a nominal voltage greater than 1 000 V - Definitions, test methods and acceptance criteria
    ISO 22475-1:2006 Geotechnical investigation and testing Sampling methods and groundwater measurements Part 1: Technical principles for execution
    IEC 61992-4:2006+AMD1:2015 CSV Railway applications - Fixed installations - DC switchgear - Part 4:Outdoor d.c. disconnectors, switch-disconnectors and earthing switches
    ISO 14689-1:2003 Geotechnical investigation and testing Identification and classification of rock Part 1: Identification and description
    EN 12510:2001/AC:2002 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - STRENGTH GRADING CRITERIA
    IEC 62236-2:2008 Railway applications - Electromagnetic compatibility - Part 2: Emission of the whole railway system to the outside world
    ISO 13823:2008 General principles on the design of structures for durability
    EN 12479 : 2001 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - SIZES - METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND PERMISSIBLE DEVIATIONS
    IEC 60494-2:2013 Railway applications - Rolling stock - Pantographs - Characteristics and tests - Part 2: Pantographs for metros and light rail vehicles
    IEC 60889:1987 Hard-drawn aluminium wire for overhead line conductors
    ISO 22476-3:2005 Geotechnical investigation and testing — Field testing — Part 3: Standard penetration test
    ISO 14688-2:2004 Geotechnical investigation and testing Identification and classification of soil Part 2: Principles for a classification
    EN 50119 : 2009 AMD 1 2013 RAILWAY APPLICATIONS - FIXED INSTALLATIONS - ELECTRIC TRACTION OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES
    IEC 62271-103:2011 High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 103: Switches for rated voltages above 1 kV up to and including 52 kV
    IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
    IEC TS 61245:2015 Artificial pollution tests on high-voltage ceramic and glass insulators to be used on d.c. systems
    IEC 60273:1990 Characteristic of indoor and outdoor post insulators for systems with nominal voltages greater than 1000 V
    IEC 62278:2002 Railway applications - Specification and demonstration of reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS)
    IEC 60099-1:1991+AMD1:1999 CSV Surge arresters - Part 1: Non-linear resistor type gapped surge arresters for a.c. systems
    IEC 60947-1:2007+AMD1:2010+AMD2:2014 CSV Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 1: General rules
    EN 1993-5:2007/AC:2009 EUROCODE 3 - DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 5: PILING
    EN 50345:2009 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Insulating synthetic rope assemblies for support of overhead contact lines
    IEC 62128-2:2013 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electrical safety, earthing and the return circuit - Part 2: Provisions against the effects of stray currents caused by d.c. traction systems
    EN 50341-1:2012 Overhead electrical lines exceeding AC 1 kV - Part 1: General requirements - Common specifications
    EN 1997-2:2007/AC:2010 EUROCODE 7 - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 2: GROUND INVESTIGATION AND TESTING
    ISO 4356:1977 Bases for the design of structures Deformations of buildings at the serviceability limit states
    IEC 62505-2:2016 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Particular requirements for AC switchgear - Part 2: Disconnectors, earthing switches and switches with nominal voltage above 1 kV
    ENV 1991-2-4 : 1995 EUROCODE 1: BASIS OF DESIGN AND ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - WIND ACTIONS (TOGETHER WITH UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL APPLICATION DOCUMENT)
    IEC 62497-2:2010 Railway applications - Insulation coordination - Part 2: Overvoltages and related protection
    ISO 4355:2013 Bases for design of structures Determination of snow loads on roofs
    IEC 60652:2002 Loading tests on overhead line structures
    UIC 791 : 2ED 1990 QUALITY ASSURANCE OF OVERHEAD LINE EQUIPMENT
    ISO 10137:2007 Bases for design of structures - Serviceability of buildings and walkways against vibrations
    IEC 60672-2:1999 Ceramic and glass insulating materials - Part 2: Methods of test
    EN 50182:2001/AC:2013 CONDUCTORS FOR OVERHEAD LINES - ROUND WIRE CONCENTRIC LAY STRANDED CONDUCTORS
    EN 12509 : 2001 TIMBER POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - TEST METHODS - DETERMINATION OF MODULUS OF ELASTICITY, BENDING STRENGTH, DENSITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT
    UIC 794 : 1ED 1996 PANTOGRAPH-OVERHEAD LINE INTERACTION ON THE EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED NETWORK
    EN 206-1:2000/A2:2005 CONCRETE - PART 1: SPECIFICATION, PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION AND CONFORMITY
    IEC 61992-1:2006+AMD1:2014 CSV Railway applications - Fixed installations - DC switchgear - Part 1:General
    IEC 62305-4:2010 Protection against lightning - Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems within structures
    IEC 62497-1:2010+AMD1:2013 CSV Railway applications - Insulation coordination - Part 1: Basic requirements - Clearances and creepage distances for all electricaland electronic equipment
    EN 1997-1:2004/A1:2013 EUROCODE 7: GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN - PART 1: GENERAL RULES
    IEC 62305-2:2010 Protection against lightning - Part 2: Risk management
    IEC 61232:1993 Aluminium-clad steel wires for electrical purposes
    IEC 60433:1998 Insulators for overhead lines with a nominal voltage above 1 000 V - Ceramic insulators for a.c. systems - Characteristics of insulator units of the long rod type
    EN 50149:2012 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Copper and copper alloy grooved contact wires
    EN 1992-1-1:2004/A1:2014 EUROCODE 2: DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES - PART 1-1: GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
    IEC 60060-1:2010 High-voltage test techniques - Part 1: General definitions and test requirements
    IEC 62486:2017 Railway applications - Current collection systems - Technical criteria for the interaction between pantograph and overhead contactline (to achieve free access)
    UIC 505-4 : 4ED 2007 EFFECTS OF THE APPLICATION OF THE KINEMATIC GAUGES DEFINED IN THE 505 SERIES OF LEAFLETS ON THE POSITIONING OF STRUCTURES IN RELATION TO THE TRACKS AND OF THE TRACKS IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER
    EN 1990:2002/A1:2005/AC:2010 EUROCODE - BASIS OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN
    EN 1537:2013 Execution of special geotechnical works - Ground anchors
    EN 1991-1-4:2005/A1:2010 EUROCODE 1: ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES - PART 1-4: GENERAL ACTIONS - WIND ACTIONS
    IEC 62498-2:2010 Railway applications - Environmental conditions for equipment - Part 2: Fixed electrical installations
    UIC 600 : 4ED 2003 ELECTRIC TRACTION WITH AERIAL CONTACT LINE
    ISO 22966:2009 Execution of concrete structures
    EN 12511 : 2001 WOOD POLES FOR OVERHEAD LINES - DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTIC VALUES
    ISO 16160:2012 Hot-rolled steel sheet products — Dimensional and shape tolerances
    ISO 630-2:2011 Structural steels Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for structural steels for general purposes
    IEC 62305-3:2010 Protection against lightning - Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard
    IEC 62621:2011 Railway applications - Fixed installations - Electric traction - Specific requirements for composite insulators used for overhead contact line systems
    ISO 23469:2005 Bases for design of structures Seismic actions for designing geotechnical works
    EN 1993-1-10:2005/AC:2009 EUROCODE 3: DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 1-10: MATERIAL TOUGHNESS AND THROUGH-THICKNESS PROPERTIES
    EN 12699:2015 Execution of special geotechnical works - Displacement piles
    EN 755-2:2016 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles - Part 2: Mechanical properties
    IEC 62271-102:2001+AMD1:2011+AMD2:2013 CSV High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 102: Alternatingcurrent disconnectors and earthing switches
    EN 1993-1-1:2005/A1:2014 EUROCODE 3: DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 1-1: GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS
    IEC 60168:1994+AMD1:1997+AMD2:2000 CSV Tests on indoor and outdoor post insulators of ceramic material or glass for systems with nominal voltages greater than 1000 V
    ISO 898-1:2013 Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes — Coarse thread and fine pitch thread
    IEC 60672-1:1995 Ceramic and glass insulating materials - Part 1: Definitions and classification
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