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RAE/3/-/7 - Railway applications - Couplers

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components | Railway rolling stock. General

Overview: Under the direction of RAE/3, is responsible for the UK input to CEN/TC 256/WG 33.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (3)

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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.
BS EN 18171	Railway applications - Railway Rolling stock - Digital Freight Automatic Coupler - Performance requirements specific interface geometry and test method Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components \| Railway rolling stock. General Public comment begins : 2025-03-27	Public comment
BS EN 16839:2022/A1	Railway applications - Rolling stock - Head stock layout Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components Approval begins :	Approval
BS EN 15020:2022/A1	EN 15020:2022/prA1 Railway applications. Rescue coupler. Performance requirements, specific interface geometry and test methods Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Public comment begins : 2025-05-22	Public comment

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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/TR 17373:2019	Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Investigation of vehicles position on the reverse curve tracks during running and calculation of buffer overlap Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Published standard begins : 2019-09-26	Published standard
BS EN 16019:2014	Railway applications. Automatic coupler. Performance requirements, specific interface geometry and test method Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components Published standard begins : 2014-04-03	Published standard
BS EN 15551:2022	Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Buffers Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Published standard begins : 2022-09-09	Published standard
BS EN 15020:2022	Railway applications. Rescue coupler. Performance requirements, specific interface geometry and test methods Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Published standard begins : 2022-09-09	Published standard

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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.
BS EN 16839:2022	Railway applications. Rolling stock. Head stock layout Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components Withdrawn begins : 2022-11-01	Withdrawn
BS EN 16839:2017	Railway applications. Rolling stock. Head stock layout Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components Withdrawn begins : 2022-09-01	Withdrawn
BS EN 15566:2022	Railway applications. Railway Rolling stock. Draw gear and screw coupling Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components \| Railway rolling stock. General Withdrawn begins : 2022-11-18	Withdrawn
BS EN 15566:2016	Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Draw gear and screw coupling Categories: Railway engineering. Materials and components \| Railway rolling stock. General Withdrawn begins : 2022-09-02	Withdrawn
BS EN 15551:2017	Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Buffers Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Withdrawn begins : 2022-09-09	Withdrawn
BS EN 15020:2006+A1:2010	Railway applications. Rescue coupler. Performance requirements, specific interface geometry and test methods Categories: Railway rolling stock. General Withdrawn begins : 2022-09-09	Withdrawn