This International Standard specifies general criteria to demonstrate by testing that newly
constructed complete railway vehicles conform with standards or other normative documents.
This standard, as a whole or in part, applies to all railway vehicles except special purpose
vehicles such as track-laying machines, ballast cleaners and personnel carriers. The extent of
application of the standard for particular vehicles will be specifically mentioned in the
contract.
NOTE 1 The parts of the standard which are applicable will depend on the type of vehicle (e.g. passenger, freight,
powered trailer, etc.).
NOTE 2: The scope of this standard excludes railbound and road/rail vehicles for construction and maintenance
of railway infrastructure.
NOTE 3 This standard does not deal with tests carried out on components or equipment before fitting to the
vehicle.
Insofar as this standard is applicable it may be used for the following:
– generator sets mounted on a vehicle provided for auxiliary purposes;
– the electrical transmission used on trolley buses or similar vehicles;
– control and auxiliary equipment of vehicles with non-electrical propulsion systems;
– vehicles guided, supported or electrically propelled by systems which do not use the
adhesion between wheel and rail.