prEN 13803 rev

Railway applications - Infrastructure - Track alignment design parameters - Track gauges 1 435 mm and others prEN 13803 rev

Scope

The purpose of this document is to specify rules and limits for track alignment design parameters, including alignments within switches and crossings. Several of these limits are functions of speed. Alternatively, for a given track alignment, it specifies rules and limits that determine permissible speed.
This document is applicable to heavy and conventional rail infrastructure, including national networks, and in general to any rail network that is interoperable with rail vehicles tested and certified according to EN 14363. Sections of urban or suburban rail networks that are designed as heavy rail are also covered by this document.
This document applies to nominal track gauges 1 435 mm and others with speeds up to 360 km/h. Normative Annex A describes the conversion rules for tracks with nominal gauges other than 1 435 mm. Normative Annex B provides examples of calculations for gauges other than 1 435 mm.
This document is also applicable where track alignment takes account of vehicles that have been approved for high cant deficiencies (including tilting trains).
More restrictive requirements of Technical Specifications for Interoperability relating to the ‘infrastructure’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (TSI INF) and other (national, company, etc.) rules will apply.
This document need not be applicable to lines, or dedicated parts of railway infrastructure that are not interoperable with railway vehicles tested and approved according to EN 14363.

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