UNE-EN 15227:2021

This European Standard is applicable to new designs of locomotives and passenger carrying rolling stock (such as tram, metro, suburban, mainline and high-speed trains) taking into consideration the recommendations given in Annex E on the application of the standard (migration rule), and sets out crashworthiness requirements for new passenger rolling stock and locomotives with the exception of the following types:

on track machines (OTMs);

infrastructure inspection vehicles;

vehicles reserved for a strictly historical or touristic use.

This European Standard identifies common methods of providing passive safety that may be adapted to suit individual vehicle requirements.

This European Standard specifies the characteristics of reference obstacle models for use with the design collision scenarios.

This European Standard also specifies the requirements and methods for demonstrating that the passive safety objectives have been achieved by comparison with existing proven designs, numerical simulation, component or full-size tests, or a combination of all these methods.