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RAE/2 - Railway Applications - Track

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Quality management and quality assurance | Civil engineering | Modular units | Measurement. Acoustics | Rubber and plastics products. Other | Central heating | Technical aspects | Concrete and concrete products | Welding, brazing and soldering. General | | Steels. Pipes and tubes | Electric traction equipment | Fluid power systems. General | Construction equipment | Railway engineering | Valves | Iron and steel products. Other | Exploratory, drilling and extraction equipment | Railways construction | Trailing stock | Welded joints and welds | Road equipment and installations | Kitchen equipment | Installations in buildings | Testing. Environmental | Vocabularies | Welding. Processes | Testing. Non-destructive | Rails and railway components | Petroleum and natural gas industries equipment | Noise. Transport | Compressors and pneumatic machines | Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber | Automatic controls for household use | Railway/cableway construction and maintenance equipment | Television receivers | Cans. Tins. Tubes

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 17/SC 15 and CEN/TC 256/SC 1 and its relevant working groups.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (41)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 18973	Railway infrastructure — Rail fastening systems — Two directional test method for resistance to repeated loading Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2024-08-04	Drafting
PD ISO/TS 17539	Observation and Evaluation Method of Railway Subgrade Settlement and Deformation Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal
PD ISO/TR 8955	Railway applications — Track infrastructure — Track geometry chord based method Categories: Unclassified documents Comment resolution begins : 2024-04-15	Comment resolution
ISO/PWI 23987-1	Railway Infrastructure--Switches and crossings -- Part 1: Terms and definitions Categories: Terminology. Principles and coordination \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Railway engineering \| Railway engineering. Materials and components \| Rails and railway components Proposal begins : 2023-09-14	Proposal
ISO/NP 23987-1	Railway Infrastructure--Switches and crossings — Part 1: Terms and definitions Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Railway engineering \| Railway/cableway construction and maintenance equipment \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Railways construction Proposal begins : 2023-08-23	Proposal
ISO/NP 23300-2	Railway infrastructure — Rail welding — Part 2: Aluminothermic welding Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Railways construction Proposal begins : 2022-08-15	Proposal
ISO/NP 23300-2	Railway infrastructure -- Rail welding -- Part 2: Aluminothermic welding Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Railway engineering \| Rails and railway components \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Railways construction Proposal begins : 2022-08-16	Proposal
C70/2023 – SC1/WG46 Activation PWIA3F EN 16432-4,	Railway applications — Infrastructure — Ballastless track systems — Part 4: Special ballastless track systems for attenuation of vibration Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Railways construction Proposal begins : 2023-11-28	Proposal
C57/2023 – SC1/WG28 Adoption of NWI EN 13848-6,	Railway applications - Track - Track geometry quality - Part 6: Characterisation of track geometry quality Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Railway engineering \| Railways construction Proposal begins : 2023-09-28	Proposal
BS ISO 23987-1	Railway Infrastructure - Switches and crossings — Part 1: Terms and definitions Categories: Unclassified documents Proposal begins :	Proposal

Published (106)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TR 8941:2024	Railway infrastructure. Rail mounted construction, maintenance and inspection machines. Explanation of machine type Categories: Railway/cableway construction and maintenance equipment Published standard begins : 2024-05-21	Published standard
PD CEN/TS 16272-7:2015	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Extrinsic characteristics. In situ values of insertion loss Categories: Railways construction Published standard begins : 2015-10-21	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17498:2020	Railway applications. Infrastructure. Rail mounted railway maintenance and inspection machines and associated equipment. Explanation of machine type and compliance, including acceptance processes Categories: Railway/cableway construction and maintenance equipment \| Railways construction Published standard begins : 2020-07-22	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 17320:2019	Railway applications. Infrastructure. Determination of laboratory test parameters for assessing the mechanical durability of rail fastening systems. Complementary element Categories: Railways construction Published standard begins : 2019-02-12	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16978:2016	Railway applications. Infrastructure. Survey on isolated defects Categories: Railways construction Published standard begins : 2016-10-14	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 16513:2014	Railway applications. Track. Survey of track geometry quality Categories: Railways construction Published standard begins : 2014-04-08	Published standard
BS ISO 6305-2:2007	Railway components. Technical delivery requirements. Non-alloy carbon steel baseplates Categories: Rails and railway components Published standard begins : 2007-10-02	Published standard
BS EN ISO 22074-8:2024	Railway infrastructure. Rail fastening systems. Test method for vertical stiffness Categories: Rails and railway components Published standard begins : 2024-04-11	Published standard
BS EN ISO 22074-7:2024	Railway infrastructure. Rail fastening systems. Test method for clamping force and uplift stiffness Categories: Rails and railway components Published standard begins : 2024-04-11	Published standard
BS EN ISO 22074-6:2024	Railway infrastructure. Rail fastening systems. Test method for resistance to severe environmental conditions Categories: Rails and railway components Published standard begins : 2024-04-11	Published standard

Withdrawn (114)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD CEN/TS 16272-5:2014	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Intrinsic characteristics. In situ values of sound reflection under direct sound field conditions Categories: Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-30	Withdrawn
DD ENV 13803-1:2002	Railway applications. Track alignment design parameters. Track gauges 1435 mm and wider. Plain line Categories: Rails and railway components \| Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2010-08-06	Withdrawn
DD ENV 13481-6:2002	Railway applications. Track. Performance requirements for fastening systems. Special fastening systems for attenuation of vibration Categories: Rails and railway components Withdrawn begins : 2013-08-01	Withdrawn
BS EN 16704-3:2016	Railway applications. Track. Safety protection on the track during work. Competences for personnel related to work on or near tracks Categories: Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2021-11-05	Withdrawn
BS EN 16704-1:2016	Railway applications. Track. Safety protection on the track during work. Railway risks and common principles for protection of fixed and mobile work sites Categories: Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2021-11-05	Withdrawn
BS EN 16272-6:2014	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Intrinsic characteristics. In situ values of airborne sound insulation under direct sound field conditions Categories: Noise. Transport \| Road equipment and installations Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-30	Withdrawn
BS EN 16272-3-2:2014	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Normalized railway noise spectrum and single number ratings for direct field applications Categories: Noise. Transport \| Road equipment and installations Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-20	Withdrawn
BS EN 16272-3-1:2012	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Normalized railway noise spectrum and single number ratings for diffuse field applications Categories: Noise. Transport \| Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-20	Withdrawn
BS EN 16272-2:2012	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Intrinsic characteristics. Airborne sound insulation in the laboratory under diffuse sound field conditions Categories: Noise. Transport \| Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-30	Withdrawn
BS EN 16272-1:2012	Railway applications. Track. Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation. Test method for determining the acoustic performance. Intrinsic characteristics. Sound absorption in the laboratory under diffuse sound field conditions Categories: Noise. Transport \| Railways construction Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-30	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

Associate Committee Manager
Committee Manager (External)
Confederation of British Metalforming
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Light Rail Safety Standards Board
London Tramlink
London Underground Ltd
Network Rail
Pandrol Ltd
Permanent Way Institution
R I A - Railway Industry Association
R S S B - Rail Safety and Standards Board
Rail Delivery Group (Passenger Train Operators)
Siemens
UK Steel

Liaisons with other committees

Chair - RAE/2/-/10
Chair - RAE/2/-/8
Member - CEN/TC 256/SC 1/WG 40
Member - CEN/TC 256/SC 1/WG 5
Member - CEN/TC256/SC1/WG28
Member - CEN/TC256/SC1/WG4
UK Expert - CEN/TC 256/SC 1/WG 5
UK Expert - CEN/TC256/SC1/WG28
UK Expert - ISO/TC 269/SC 1/AHG 1
UK Expert - ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 1
UK Expert – CEN/TC256/SC1/WG50

BSI roles

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