prSSH EN 15273-2:2025

Railway applications - Gauges - Part 2: Rolling stock

Scope

This document is applicable to new vehicle designs, to modifications to existing vehicles and for checking existing vehicles to be used on another route or network.
This document contains:
- the rules for rolling stock for all defined gauges;
- the swept envelope calculation process used for defined dynamic gauges, absolute and comparative process;
- the list of documents required to assess vehicle conformity to this standard.
This document is applicable to heavy rail vehicles using various track gauges. Other vehicles and networks are outside the scope of this document, but the rules may be applied to them with some adjustments and agreement of the share of responsibility between rolling stock and infrastructure.
This document is not applicable to the gauges “S” and “T” for track gauge 1 520 mm.

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