CEN/TC 256/SC 3 - Brake matters
To develop European standards for design, manufacture, operation and maintenance for all rail systems , in the field of heavy rail and urban rail Rolling Stock Systems and associated vehicle mounted system equipment in order to provide:- clearly stated harmonised requirements for these Rolling Stock Systems at all operational speeds from urban rail vehicles to high speed trains.- safe and reliable levels of operation.- pass/fail criteria to assist approval authorities to easily accept these Rolling Stock Systems
Brake matters
To develop European standards for design, manufacture, operation and maintenance for all rail systems , in the field of heavy rail and urban rail Rolling Stock Systems and associated vehicle mounted system equipment in order to provide:- clearly stated harmonised requirements for these Rolling Stock Systems at all operational speeds from urban rail vehicles to high speed trains.- safe and reliable levels of operation.- pass/fail criteria to assist approval authorities to easily accept these Rolling Stock Systems
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CEN/TC 256/SC 3 is a Subcommittee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Brake matters" and is responsible for: To develop European standards for design, manufacture, operation and maintenance for all rail systems , in the field of heavy rail and urban rail Rolling Stock Systems and associated vehicle mounted system equipment in order to provide:- clearly stated harmonised requirements for these Rolling Stock Systems at all operational speeds from urban rail vehicles to high speed trains.- safe and reliable levels of operation.- pass/fail criteria to assist approval authorities to easily accept these Rolling Stock Systems This committee has published 189 standards.
CEN/TC 256/SC 3 develops CEN standards. The scope of work includes: To develop European standards for design, manufacture, operation and maintenance for all rail systems , in the field of heavy rail and urban rail Rolling Stock Systems and associated vehicle mounted system equipment in order to provide:- clearly stated harmonised requirements for these Rolling Stock Systems at all operational speeds from urban rail vehicles to high speed trains.- safe and reliable levels of operation.- pass/fail criteria to assist approval authorities to easily accept these Rolling Stock Systems Currently, there are 189 published standards from this subcommittee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Subcommittee (SC) in CEN operates under a Technical Committee and focuses on a specific subset of the TC's scope. Subcommittees develop standards and technical specifications in their specialized area, reporting to their parent Technical Committee. They may also have working groups for detailed technical work.