prEN 50488

Railway applications - Fixed Installations - Electrical safety measures for working on or near an overhead contact line system and/or its associated return circuit

Scope

This European Standard provides requirements for electrical safety for:
- dead working on an overhead contact line system;
- working activities near an overhead contact line system when it is live.
It applies to all electrical work activities as well as non-electrical work activities in relation to electrical hazards only.

This European Standard is applicable to overhead contact line systems with the following nominal voltages:
- 1,5 kV and 3 kV dc;
- 15 kV and 25 kV ac.

It also provides requirements for work activities that can give rise to electrical hazards from the return circuit.

This document does not cover electrical risk arising from:
- live working on overhead contact line systems (live working can be carried out according to national requirements and practices);
- working on or near other electrical sources.

If there are no other rules or procedures, this European Standard could be applied to overhead contact line systems with other nominal voltages.

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