This document defines the minimum requirements for qualification of the personnel who carry out and supervise non-destructive testing in industrial sector – Railway maintenance on rails, welds, switches and crossings in track.
Safety of staff working on or near the railway track is part of the infrastructure manager safety management system and is not part of this standard.
This document applies to rail profiles meeting the requirements of EN 13674 1 and EN 13674 2
NOTE For other rail profiles this document can be used as a reference based on the decision of the Infrastructure Manager.
PUBLISHED
EN 16729-4:2018
IN_DEVELOPMENT
prEN 16729-4 rev
00.60
Close of review
Jun 15, 2026