CEN TC 256/SC 1
Brief from plenary meeting
Brussels, 23.03.2012
EFRTC General Meeting
Prague, 22nd June 2012
Imrich KORPANEC, EFRTC Secretary General
TC 256/SC 1 Railway Infrastructure
• Secretariat report
• TC 256 Working Groups
• Published standards
– Directly to be applied to contractors either by clients and/or
national authorities and/or as harmonized standards through
European legal framework
– Other standards relevant to contractors
• WG 5 – Track construction and renewal machines
• Resolutions - Issues from the meeting relevant
contractors
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Secretariat report - content
• Management overview (part I)
– 73 working items
– 21 new standards
– 14 standards in the revision
• Administration & Structure of The SC 1 (part II)
– Secretariat, members, liaisons & structure
– Titles of WGs, scope, convenor, secretary
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Meetings and personnel (part III & IV)
Full list of published standards (part V)
Rest – current programme of work
Full text available at EFRTC website
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CEN TC 256/SC1 Working Groups
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WG 4 “Rails”
WG 5 “Track construction and maintenance machines”
WG 15 “Track alignment design parameters”
WG 16 “Sleepers and bearers”
WG 17 “Fastening systems”
WG 18 “Switches and crossings”
WG 21 “Acceptance of trackwork after renewal and/or maintenance work”
WG 28 “Track geometry quality”
WG 34 “Qualification of trackworks contractors”
WG 39 "Safety protection on the track during work"
WG 40 "Noise barriers"
WG 46 "Ballastless track“
SG 11 “Track gauge”
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Published standards
• 42 of total 79 standards are relevant to contractors
• 13 of 42 standards shall be applied by contractors
(if required by client in contract or national authorities), dealing with
– track machines (WG 5),
– welding (WG 4),
– safety (WG 39),
– qualification of contractors (WG 34) and
– partly trackwork acceptance (WG 21)
• In general, standards are in voluntary domain but
those declared by EC as “harmonized” consist parts
which are mandatory under the European legislation
• A Harmonised Standard provides a presumption of
conformity with the essential requirements of Directives
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Items relevant to contractors (1)
• WG 4 “Rails”
– Aluminothermic welding of rails – Part 1: Approval of welding
processes” to activate the new work item
– Flash butt welding of rails – Part 1: New R220, R260, R260Mn and
R350HT grade rails in a fixed plant” has not yet started
– Flash butt welding of rails – Part 3: Welding in association with
crossing construction” has been submitted to formal vote
– Restoration and repair of manganese crossings – work shall be
completed by the end 2012
• WG 5 “Railbound construction and maintenance
machines – Part 1 Technical requirements for running”
– EFRTC is actively participating in the revision of the standard in line
with OTM Task Force remit (next separate slide on WG 5)
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WG 5 – revision of EN 14 033 – part 1
• Ambitious programme and schedule for revising the
standard to achieve its full harmonisation under the
TSI Directives - submitted by the new WG 5 Chairman
Mr Mick James and approved by CEN
• 5 to 6 meetings in 2012 in order to complete the work
within the schedule set up for the revision of TSI Loc
& Pas (merge of HS with conventional TSI) – end 2012
• Significant progress made during first 3 meetings in
2012 with consensus of all parties concerned – IMs,
manufacturers and contractors
• Work performed in close cooperation with OTM TF –
WG 5 Chairman participate at OTM TF meetings
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Items relevant to contractors (2)
• WG 21 “Acceptance of trackwork after renewal and/or
maintenance work”
– Part 1: Works on ballasted track – Plain line, switches and
crossings closed on 2011-09-21
– EN 13231-3:2012 Part 3: Acceptance of reprofiling rails in track
published in January 2012
– Part 4: Acceptance of reprofiling rails in switches and crossings
completed and submitted to vote
– Part 5: Applications of rail reprofiling in plain line, switches,
crossings and expansion devices" work is progressing as scheduled
• WG 34 “Qualification of trackwork contractors”
– Shall be submitted to the systematic review procedure during 2012
so the future of the standard is to be decided by the CEN members
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Items relevant to contractors (3)
• WG 28 “Track geometry quality”
– EN 13 848-4:2011- Part 4: Measuring systems – Manual and
lightweight devices published in 12/2011
– Revision of Part 5: Geometric quality levels – Plain line“ has just
started
– Decision to activate work on the new standard “Track - Survey
on track geometric quality“
• WG 39 “Safety protection on the track during work”
– Progress will be reported by Chairman of EFRTC Safety
Committee under the next item of the agenda
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Thank you for your kind
attention !
EFRTC Technology and Logistics
Committee
Prague, 22nd June 2012