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