NEN EN 12929-1 : 2015

Foreword
1 General
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 General principles
   1.3 Exceptions
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety principles
   4.1 General safety requirements applicable to the
         installations and to their components
         4.1.1 General safety principles
         4.1.2 Possible injuries to persons
         4.1.3 Hazard scenarios
   4.2 Safety requirements applicable to installations
         4.2.1 General
         4.2.2 Safety study
         4.2.3 Protective measures
   4.3 General requirements for the safety of workers
5 Line and profile of cableway
   5.1 Choice of line
   5.2 Line of funicular railway
   5.3 Line of aerial ropeway
   5.4 Length of spans in aerial ropeways
   5.5 Line of ski-tow
6 Space envelope
   6.1 Space envelope of funicular railways
   6.2 Space envelope of aerial ropeways
         6.2.1 General
         6.2.2 Lateral deviation of the ropes
         6.2.3 Vertical deviation of the ropes
         6.2.4 Transverse swaying of the carriers
         6.2.5 Longitudinal sway of carriers
         6.2.6 Hand, foot and ski area
   6.3 Space envelope of ski-tows
         6.3.1 General
         6.3.2 Width of the tow-track
         6.3.3 Lateral sway of the tow-hangers
         6.3.4 Longitudinal sway of the tow-hangers
         6.3.5 Rotation of tow-hangers over ropes
         6.3.6 Freedom of sway
7 Clearance envelope, safety distances
   7.1 General
   7.2 Safety distances for funicular railways
   7.3 Safety distances for other objects forming part of
         an aerial ropeway
   7.4 Track gauge for aerial ropeways
   7.5 Safety distances in relation to the ground and
         to objects that are not part of the aerial ropeway
   7.6 Clearance envelope and safety distances for ski-tows
8 Maximum permissible running height above ground
   8.1 General
   8.2 Aerial ropeways with closed carriers
   8.3 Aerial ropeways with open carriers
9 Running speed and interval
   9.1 Running speed of funicular railways and aerial
         ropeways, general
   9.2 Maximum running speeds of funicular railways and
         aerial ropeways
   9.3 Minimum interval and pitch for unidirectional aerial
         ropeway carriers
   9.4 Running speed and interval for ski-tows
10 Drive systems (including brakes)
   10.1 Drive systems for funicular railways and aerial ropeways
   10.2 Braking systems for funicular railways and aerial ropeways
   10.3 Drive and braking systems for ski-tows
11 Passageways and work areas
   11.1 General
   11.2 Chairlift loading areas
   11.3 Chairlift unloading areas
   11.4 Loading and unloading areas at intermediate
         chairlift stations
   11.5 Ski-tow loading and unloading areas
   11.6 Ski-tow loading areas
   11.7 Ski-tow unloading areas
   11.8 Ski-tow intermediate stations
12 Rope tension and guides
   12.1 Rope tension
   12.2 Rope guidance and support - General
   12.3 Guidance and support of the haul ropes for funicular
         railways
   12.4 Guidance and support for bicable aerial ropeways
   12.5 Guidance of carrying-hauling ropes in monocable aerial
         ropeways
   12.6 Guidance of towing ropes in ski-tows
13 Recovery and evacuation
   13.1 General
   13.2 Evacuation plan
   13.3 Evacuation pathway for funicular railways
   13.4 Evacuation by descending by rope
14 Miscellaneous
   14.1 Fire protection and firefighting
   14.2 Protection against lightning
   14.3 Marking of obstacles to aircraft
   14.4 Anemometers
   14.5 Materials
   14.6 Instructions for passengers
   14.7 Assembly instructions
   14.8 Operating and maintenance instructions
   14.9 Technical documents
   14.10 Lighting installations
   14.11 Radios
15 Funicular railways with automatic operation
   15.1 General
   15.2 Operation monitoring
   15.3 Fencing off the line
   15.4 Access to the line
   15.5 Evacuation
   15.6 Access to carriers
   15.7 Special safety devices on carriers
   15.8 Surveillance of the line
Annex A (normative) Explanatory sketch for 11.2
Annex B (normative) Explanatory sketch for 11.3
Annex C (normative) Technical documents
   C.1 For all installations
   C.2 For funicular railways
   C.3 For aerial ropeways
   C.4 For ski-tows
Annex D (informative) A-deviations
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European
                       Standard and the Essential Requirements
                       of EU Directive 2000/9/EC relating to
                       cableway installations designed to carry
                       persons
Bibliography

Defines the general regulations for safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons.