Railway applications - Gauges - Part 3: Structure gauges

This standard:
   defines the various profiles needed to install, verify and maintain the various structures near the structure gauge;
   lists the various phenomena to be taken into account to determine the structure gauge;
   defines a methodology that may be used to calculate the various profiles from these phenomena;
   lists the rules to determine the distance between the track centres;
   lists the rules to be complied with when building the platforms;
   lists the rules to determine the pantograph gauge;
   lists the formulae needed to calculate the structure gauges in the catalogue.
The defined gauge includes the space to be gauged and maintained to allow the running of rolling stock, and the rules for calculation and verification intended for sizing the rolling stock to run on one or several infrastructures without interference risk.
This standard defines methodologies to demonstrate gauge compatibility between infrastructure and rolling stock.
This standard defines the responsibilities of the following parties:
a)   for the infrastructure:
1)   gauge clearance;
2)   maintenance;
3)   infrastructure monitoring.
b)   for the rolling stock:
1)   compliance of the operating rolling stock with the gauge concerned;
2)   maintenance of this compliance over time.
The gauges included in these standards have been developed as part of their application on European railways. Other networks such as regional, local, urban and suburban networks may apply the gauge regulations defined in this standard. They may be required to make use of specific methodologies, particularly where:
   specific rolling stock is used (for example: underground trains, trams, etc. operating on two rails);
   use occurs in other ranges of radii;
   others, etc.
The catalogue included in this standard only includes a selection of gauges and is not exhaustive. Each network is free to define the gauges in accordance with their own needs.

Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 3: Lichtraumprofile

Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 3: Gabarit des obstacles

Železniške naprave - Profili - 3. del: Svetli profili - Dopolnolo A1

General Information

Status
Not Published
Current Stage
5060 - Closure of Vote - Formal Approval
Start Date
30-Jun-2016
Due Date
15-Jan-2017
Completion Date
30-Jun-2016

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Overview - EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 (Structure gauges)

EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 is the CEN European standard that defines structure gauges for railway applications. It sets out the profiles, phenomena and calculation methodologies used to install, verify and maintain the clearances around track (the space that must remain free of obstacles to allow safe running of rolling stock). The amendment FprA1:2016 updates calculation rules, associated tables and implementation notes and supports the essential requirements of Directive 2008/57/EC.

Key topics and technical requirements

  • Structure gauge definition - the space to be gauged and maintained for safe circulation of rolling stock across one or more infrastructures.
  • Profiles and calculation methodology - methods for deriving static, kinematic and verification profiles from physical phenomena (track geometry, vehicle kinematics, cant, suspension, dynamic allowances).
  • Phenomena to consider - track settlement and tolerances, vehicle overturn and quasi-static effects, oscillations, loading asymmetry and other dynamic allowances.
  • Rules for track centres and platforms - formulas and rules to determine minimum distances between track centres and to guide platform construction relative to the structure gauge.
  • Pantograph gauge and overhead line interaction - requirements and references for pantograph free passage and pantograph gauge (note: the amendment modifies pantograph provisions).
  • Verification and maintenance - rules for periodic verification, monitoring responsibilities and maintenance practices to preserve gauge compliance.
  • Responsibilities - clear allocation of duties: infrastructure managers (gauge clearance, maintenance, monitoring) and rolling stock managers (ensuring and maintaining vehicle compliance).

Practical applications

  • Tunnel, bridge and station platform design to ensure no interference with train movement.
  • Infrastructure maintenance planning and gauge verification programs.
  • Rolling stock design and acceptance testing for cross-network compatibility.
  • Network planners assessing whether a vehicle type can operate on existing infrastructure without physical conflicts.
  • Urban, regional and mainline operators adapting European gauge methodologies to specific local systems (tram, metro, suburban).

Who should use this standard

  • Infrastructure managers and engineers (clearance checks, track layout, platform design)
  • Rolling stock designers and manufacturers (vehicle kinematic envelopes)
  • Certification bodies and vehicle acceptance teams (compatibility demonstration)
  • Track maintenance planners and survey contractors (verification and monitoring)

Related standards

  • EN 15273-1 and EN 15273-2 (other parts of the EN 15273 series addressing general principles and kinematic gauges)
  • Directive 2008/57/EC (interoperability requirements referenced via Annex ZA)

Using EN 15273-3 helps ensure safe, interoperable rail operations by providing standardized, auditable procedures for determining and maintaining structure gauges across European and compatible networks.

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EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 is a draft published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Railway applications - Gauges - Part 3: Structure gauges". This standard covers: This standard:  defines the various profiles needed to install, verify and maintain the various structures near the structure gauge;  lists the various phenomena to be taken into account to determine the structure gauge;  defines a methodology that may be used to calculate the various profiles from these phenomena;  lists the rules to determine the distance between the track centres;  lists the rules to be complied with when building the platforms;  lists the rules to determine the pantograph gauge;  lists the formulae needed to calculate the structure gauges in the catalogue. The defined gauge includes the space to be gauged and maintained to allow the running of rolling stock, and the rules for calculation and verification intended for sizing the rolling stock to run on one or several infrastructures without interference risk. This standard defines methodologies to demonstrate gauge compatibility between infrastructure and rolling stock. This standard defines the responsibilities of the following parties: a) for the infrastructure: 1) gauge clearance; 2) maintenance; 3) infrastructure monitoring. b) for the rolling stock: 1) compliance of the operating rolling stock with the gauge concerned; 2) maintenance of this compliance over time. The gauges included in these standards have been developed as part of their application on European railways. Other networks such as regional, local, urban and suburban networks may apply the gauge regulations defined in this standard. They may be required to make use of specific methodologies, particularly where:  specific rolling stock is used (for example: underground trains, trams, etc. operating on two rails);  use occurs in other ranges of radii;  others, etc. The catalogue included in this standard only includes a selection of gauges and is not exhaustive. Each network is free to define the gauges in accordance with their own needs.

This standard:  defines the various profiles needed to install, verify and maintain the various structures near the structure gauge;  lists the various phenomena to be taken into account to determine the structure gauge;  defines a methodology that may be used to calculate the various profiles from these phenomena;  lists the rules to determine the distance between the track centres;  lists the rules to be complied with when building the platforms;  lists the rules to determine the pantograph gauge;  lists the formulae needed to calculate the structure gauges in the catalogue. The defined gauge includes the space to be gauged and maintained to allow the running of rolling stock, and the rules for calculation and verification intended for sizing the rolling stock to run on one or several infrastructures without interference risk. This standard defines methodologies to demonstrate gauge compatibility between infrastructure and rolling stock. This standard defines the responsibilities of the following parties: a) for the infrastructure: 1) gauge clearance; 2) maintenance; 3) infrastructure monitoring. b) for the rolling stock: 1) compliance of the operating rolling stock with the gauge concerned; 2) maintenance of this compliance over time. The gauges included in these standards have been developed as part of their application on European railways. Other networks such as regional, local, urban and suburban networks may apply the gauge regulations defined in this standard. They may be required to make use of specific methodologies, particularly where:  specific rolling stock is used (for example: underground trains, trams, etc. operating on two rails);  use occurs in other ranges of radii;  others, etc. The catalogue included in this standard only includes a selection of gauges and is not exhaustive. Each network is free to define the gauges in accordance with their own needs.

EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 45.020 - Railway engineering in general; 45.060.01 - Railway rolling stock in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 15273-3:2013+A1:2016, EN 15273-3:2013. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2008/57/EC; Standardization Mandates: M/483. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-junij-2016
Železniške naprave - Profili - 3. del: Svetli profili - Dopolnolo A1
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 3: Structure gauges
Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 3: Lichtraumprofile
Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 3: Gabarit des obstacles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016
ICS:
45.060.01 Železniška vozila na splošno Railway rolling stock in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

FINAL DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 15273-3:2013
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
FprA1
March 2016
ICS 45.020; 45.060.01
English Version
Railway applications - Gauges - Part 3: Structure gauges
Applications ferroviaires - Gabarits - Partie 3: Gabarit Bahnanwendungen - Begrenzungslinien - Teil 3:
des obstacles Lichtraumprofile
This draft amendment is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical
Committee CEN/TC 256.
This draft amendment A1, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 15273-3:2013. If this draft becomes an
amendment, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for
inclusion of this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2016 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016:2016 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents          Page
European Foreword . 3
1 Change to the foreword . 4
2 Change to Subclause 5.2.1.2, Additional overthrows . 4
3 Change to Subclause 5.2.1.3, Quasi-static effect . 4
4 Change to Subclause 6.2, Associated rules . 4
5 Change to Subclause 7.2, Associated rules . 5
6 Change to Subclause 9.2.2, Effect of cant difference Δb . 5
δD
7 Changes to Subclause A.2.2.1.2, Determination of the semi-width on the inside of the
curve . 6
8 Changes to Subclause A.2.2.1.3, Determination of the semi-width on the outside of
the curve . 6
9 Changes to Subclause A.2.3.1, In the transverse direction . 7
10 Change to Subclause A.2.4, For the installation nominal distance between centres . 7
11 Change to Subclause A.2.5, For the installation limit distance between centres . 7
12 Change to Subclause A.2.6, For the verification limit distance between centres . 8
13 Change to Subclause B.1, Recommendations for coefficients . 8
14 Changes to Subclause B.2.1, Verification limit gauge, installation limit gauge and
installation nominal gauge . 9
15 Change to Subclause B.2.3, Pantograph gauge . 10
16 Change to Subclause C.2.2, Gauges GA and GB . 10
17 Change to Subclause C.3.2, Lower parts of GI1 – Tracks for rail brake equipment . 10
18 Changes to Subclause C.4, Pantograph free passage gauge . 10
19 Changes to Subclause D.2.2.4, Associated rules . 11
20 Changes to Subclause D.3.1.1, General . 11
21 Change to Subclause D.3.2.1, General . 11
22 Change to Subclause D.3.3, Gauges GA, GB and GC . 11
23 Change to Subclause D.3.3.1, General . 12
24 Change to Subclause D.3.3.2, Main parameters . 12
25 Changes to Subclause D.3.3.3, Definition of the gauge . 12
26 Change to Annex ZA . 12

European Foreword
This document (EN 15273-3:2013/FprA1:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee
CEN/TC 256 “Railway applications”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently subject to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN/CENELEC/ETSI by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports the essential requirements of
Directive 2008/57/EC.
For the relationship with Directive 2008/57/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of
this document.
1 Change to the foreword
th th
Replace the 4 and the 6 clauses with the following:
“This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN/CENELEC/ETSI by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports the essential requirements of
Directive 2008/57/EC.
For the relationship with Directive 2008/57/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of
this document.”
2 Change to Subclause 5.2.1.2, Additional overthrows
In the last paragraph, replace “EN 15273-1:2013, 7.2.1.1.” with “EN 15273-1:2013, 7.3.1.1.”.
3 Change to Subclause 5.2.1.3, Quasi-static effect
In the last but one paragraph, replace “EN 15273-1:2013, 7.2.1.4.” with “EN 15273-1:2013, 7.3.1.4.”.
4 Change to Subclause 6.2, Associated rules
In the second paragraph, second clause, replace:

— S additional overthrows (see 5.2.1.2);”
i/a
with

— Si/a additional overthrows (see 5.2.1.2);
l − d
nom
— with a fixed value F= (A)q + (A)w + (A) taken into consideration on the outside of
r r
the static reference profile (see EN 15273-1:2013, Annex B).”
5 Change to Subclause 7.2, Associated rules
In the first paragraph, second clause, replace

— S additional overthrows (see 5.2.1.2);”
i/a
with

— S additional overthrows (see 5.2.1.2);
i/a
— without the value F, which is specific to the vehicle and is taken into account on the inside of
the kinematic reference profile.”.
6 Change to Subclause 9.2.2, Effect of cant difference Δb
δD
Replace the existing Figure 5 with the following:


7 Changes to Subclause A.2.2.1.2, Determination of the semi-width on the inside
of the curve
Replace the existing Formula (A.10) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“ b = b + S + max[Σ ' +K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ " ;(Σ ' −K⋅ I )] (A.10)
lim,i CR i 2,i 0 >0 2 2,a 0
NOTE 1 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0” and “Σ' −K.I “.”
2,a 0
Replace the existing Formula (A.12) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“Σ = max[Σ ' +K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ " ;(Σ ' −K⋅ I )]− qs (A.12)
2,i 2,i 0 >0 2 2,a 0 i
NOTE 2 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0“ and “Σ' −K.I “.”
2,a 0
8 Changes to Subclause A.2.2.1.3, Determination of the semi-width on the
outside of the curve
Replace the existing Formula (A.13) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“ b = b + S + max[Σ ' +K⋅(I− I ) ;Σ " ] (A.13)
lim,a CR a 2,a 0 >0 2
NOTE 1 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
Replace the existing Formula (A.14) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“Σ = max[Σ ' +K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ " ;(Σ ' −K⋅ I )]− qs (A.14)
2,i 2,i 0 >0 2 2,a 0 i
NOTE 2 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
9 Changes to Subclause A.2.3.1, In the transverse direction
Replace the existing Formula (A.19a) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“ b = b + S + max[Σ ' +K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ " ;(Σ ' −K⋅ I )] (A.19a)
ver,i CR i 1i 0 >0 1 1a 0
NOTE 1 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0” and “Σ' −K.I “.”
1a 0
Replace the existing Formula (A.19b) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“Σ = max[Σ ' +K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ " ;(Σ ' −K⋅ I )]− qs (A.19b)
1 1,i 0 >0 1 1,a 0 i
NOTE 2 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0” and “Σ' −K.I “.”
1a 0
Replace the existing Formula (A.20a) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“ b = b + S + max[Σ ' +K⋅(I− I ) ;Σ "] (A.20a)
ver,a CR a 1,a 0 >0 1
NOTE 3 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
Replace the existing Formula (A.20b) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
“Σ = max[Σ ' +K⋅(I− I ) ;Σ "]− qs (A.20b)
1 1,a 0 >0 1 a
NOTE 4 The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
10 Change to Subclause A.2.4, For the installation nominal distance between
centres
Under Formula (A.23), replace the following text:
“The choice of i or a depends on the effect determined for the track in question:
— when the track examined is located on the outside of the curve, the parameters used have subscript
"a";
— when the track examined is located on the inside of the curve, the parameters used have the
subscript "i”.”
with the following:
“The i and a subscripts are to be taken into consideration according to Figure 4.”
11 Change to Subclause A.2.5, For the installation limit distance between centres
Replace the existing Formula (A.27) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
' ''
“ EA = 2b + S + S + max[Σ + K⋅(I− I ) + K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ ]+∆b (A.27)
EA2 EA2
2 CR a i 0 0 δD
>0 >0
NOTE The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
12 Change to Subclause A.2.6, For the verification limit distance between centres
Replace the existing Formula (A.30) with the following, and add the following Note under the Formula:
' ''
“ EA = 2b + S + S + max[Σ + K⋅(I− I ) + K⋅(D− D ) ;Σ ]+∆b (A.30)
EA1 EA1
1 CR a i 0 0 δD
>0 >0
NOTE The infrastructure manager can choose whether or not to apply “>0”.”
13 Change to Subclause B.1, Recommendations for coefficients
Replace the existing Table B.1 with the following:

Table B.1 — Coefficients of the allowances recommended for the kinematic gauge
Ballasted track Slab
Outside Outside
Parameters
Inside curve and Inside curve and
curve straight curve straight
track
...

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