ÖNORM EN 15528

This standard covers the classification and publication of the classification of existing and new infrastructure lines and the categorisation of new vehicles into line categories for international and national traffic and manages the interface between the existing infrastructure of dedicated freight lines and mixed traffic lines and all railway vehicles under normal operating conditions including passenger train speeds up to 200 km/h (corresponding to traffic category II of prEN 13803-1). The classification of infrastructure into line categories manages predominantly the interface between the load models (reference wagons) of Annex A and the vertical load carrying capacity of civil engineering structures, track, sub-grade and earthworks. This standard covers the categorisation of railway vehicles into line categories, the determination of payload limits for existing and new freight wagons according to line category and the marking of vehicles with line categories and for freight wagons the marking of payload limits. This standard identifies where vehicles may be permitted to run in normal operations without further checks regarding vertical load effects. The load models (reference-wagons) of Annex A are for the classification of lines and shall not be used to design new structures. The methodology described in this standard is not valid for high speed rail traffic. Tilting traffic and the working of rail mounted plant and cranes etc. are outside the scope of this standard.