OTM TASK FORCE
EFRTC General Meeting
Sofia, 16.11.2012
Markus Hofmann, EFRTC
OTM Task Force Chairman
Franz Messerli, UNIFE
OTM Task Force Vice-Chairman
Current situation
• Increasing costs of authorisation
– Due to the increased demand of the scope of the
authorisation requiring more resources and time
– Cost varies from few thousands of Euro for simple type
authorisation up to € 200 k€ and even up to 20 % of
manufacturing costs in some countries
• Excessive deadlines for placing OTMs into service
– Deadlines varies from about 3 to 6 months for simple type
authorisation up to 2 years and even more
• No Cross-acceptance
– With some exceptions no cross-acceptance for the same type
of the machines, often with full duplication of authorisation
resulting in demand for changing the components
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
Task Force objectives
• To reduce costs of the authorisation
• To shorten the time for placing into the service
• To facilitate cross-acceptance
From today:
“national homologation”
NL
D
To future;
“European authorisation”
F
I
D
CH
A
NL
I
notified national requirements (B/C)
CH
TSI and notified national requirements (A)
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
Basic requirements
• OTM are designed and manufactured for working on the track and
not to operate so they should never be considered for the scope of
the limited movements on the track as any category of rolling stock
• TSI compliance should be at no cost increase but simplifications, cost
and time reduction
• Transparency of authorisation and clarity of assessment criteria in all
EC regulatory framework and national reference documents
• Type certification against TSI by manufacturer to be Europe-wide
acknowledged – re-checking strictly limited
• Specific national requirements to be declared and known in advance
in national reference documents to be accepted by ERA
• Acceptance of the EN standards relevant to OTM in national rules is
to be reviewed with the aim for identifying potential for their
harmonisation with TSIs and as basis for cross-acceptance
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
Current trends
• Two fundamentally different trends:
– Either the European position will become stronger in the long term
view (TSI will become mandatory for OTM in the future)
– or OTMs remain on the long-term view in the field of national
approval processes
• There are players which act with pressure for both
strategies but national approval processes prevail
• OTM Task Force strategy is in line with its objectives i.e.
European harmonisation as much as possible but
respecting justified national specific conditions i.e.
– To assure that the OTM requirements will be considered in the
current revisions of TSIs even if they will be not mandatory for TSI
– To assure that the relevant EN standards to OTM (in particular EN
14 033) are harmonised with the relevant TSIs (in particular TSI
Loc&Pas)
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
OTM TF proposed strategy
• TSI RST are still voluntary for OTMs – no problem for the near
future but as applicant has a choice between TSI or national
authorisation there will be always two types of OTMs
– OTM-1 with full authorisation in accordance with TSIs
– OTM-2 applying national authorisation using EN standards
• It is therefore important to ensure that
− Relevant EN standards covers the essential requirements of the
relevant TSIs
− EN 14033-x are harmonised standards for the TSI RST as well as
the Machinery Directive
− for OTM-1 the mutual recognition is granted
− for OTM-2 the national approval is based on harmonised standards
with TSI and multi-national approvals are performed only for
specific national requirements (open points) agreed for cross
acceptance procedures
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
OTM definition/scope in TSI
• Mobile railway infrastructure construction and maintenance
equipment or on-track machines (OTM) are vehicles specially
designed for construction and maintenance of the track and
infrastructure
• OTMs are used in different modes: working mode, transport mode
as self-propelling vehicle and/or as a hauled vehicle.
• OTM are only classified as a separate OTM category in TSI. They
shall not fall into any other category or unit of rolling stock as it
stands in current version of TSI
• No road/rail-vehicles according EN 15746-x
• No gauge-changing vehicles
• Infrastructure inspection vehicles and switch transportation wagon
are included in the category OTM with some specific conditions
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
OTM Task Force performed
• Review of all articles of TSI CR LOC&PAS with regard to their
relevance to OTM
• Identification of articles which are relevant to the authorisation of
OTM subject the clause 7 enter into force (In case TSI will
become mandatory for OTMs too)
• Comparison of coverage of OTM authorisation as defined by EN
14033 with relevant clauses of TSI
• Review of the harmonization of EN 14033 with TSI as stipulated
in Annex ZA of the standard
• Identification of discrepancies between TSI and EN 14033
• Identification of the potential critical items for OTM authorisation
and cross-acceptance in TSIs (LOC&PAS, CCS, SRT and
NOISE)
• Final report with Annexes presenting detailed analyses to the
above items completed
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OTM Task Force outcome
• First version of the draft final report - the list of the TSI requirements to
be considered by OTM completed in May 2012
• List reviewed by OTM Task Force with a view to identifying items
– To be considered in the current revision of TSI Loc&pas
– To be taken into account in the EN 14 0033 when harmonising it with relevant TSIs
• The output reviewed by OTM Task Force core group to produce clear
classification of items
–
–
–
–
Where the request for the TSI change shall be written in ERA format
To be reviewed by CEN TC 256/WG 5 in the current revision of EN 14 033-1
To be considered for the inclusion in the Annex C of TSI Loc&Pas
To be declared not applicable to OTM
• OTM Task Force request for change of draft TSI text (supported by TC
256/SC1 WG5) agreed for the submission to UNIFE and ERA
• Order of the standards and their relevance to OTM
• Identification of the most costly requirements
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
Major critical items
• OTM are not classified in current TSI as a special category and they
can fall under an other category and/or unit of rolling stock. This
may impose the additional requirements on OTM authorisation which
are either excessive or not at all relevant to OTM
• Besides all currently open points in TSI such as e.g. specification of
events to be recorded, fire protection in tunnels, etc. the most critical
items for OTM are:
– Clear definition of the scope of the dynamic running test
– Scope of the specifications for braking systems and tests in TSI and EN
14 033-1
– Composite brake blocks – noise issues
– Signalling systems and ETCS requirements
– Structural requirements for bogie frames and wheels
– Event recording devices
• Link to the Task Force request for the change of the draft
– Annex 4_UNIFE-EFRTC OTM Task Force request for change of TSI
Loc&Pas to ERA_SB_MJ_IK_final.docx
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
Next steps
• To start the dialog with NSA of major countries at the
national level (e.g. German contractors and
manufacturers have already met EBA and received its
support for proposed approach to ERA)
• The same approach to be initiated in France, UK, Italy,
etc. to assure that TSI requirements on OTM and
harmonised EN 14 033 are transposed into the national
regulations as the first step for mutual cross- acceptance
of authorisation processes
• To continue informal contacts with ERA aiming at
enhancing the authorisation process towards European
cross-acceptance of OTM
EFRTC GM, Sofia 16.11.2012, OTM Task Force
OTM TASK FORCE
Thank you
for your attention ! ! !