Standards Development

Scope

The gauges and processes included in this document have been developed for application on mainline railway networks using various track gauges. Other networks such as urban and suburban may apply the gauge rules defined in this standard but are outside of its scope.This document contains—      the definitions and symbols for all prEN 15273 documents,—      the general explanation of various elements and phenomena affecting railway gauging,—      the general explanation of various calculation methods and processes applicable to railway,—      gauging that allow the dimensioning of the rolling stock and the infrastructure.NOTEThe rules given in this standard are not applicable to the gauges “S” and “T” referred to in 4.2.3.1. (7) & (8) for track gauge 1 520 mm of the merged TSI Loc and Pass ( Commission Regulation N° 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014).