National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16186‑9:2026.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee RAE/4/-/4, Railway Applications - Driver's Cab.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2026.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 September 2026.

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European foreword

This document (EN 16186‑9:2026) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 “Railway applications”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2027, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2027.

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EN 16186Railway applications — Driver’s cab consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Anthropometric data and visibility;
Part 2: Integration of displays, controls and indicators;
Part 3: Design of displays;
Part 4: Layout and access;
Part 5: External visibility for tram vehicles;
Part 6: Integration of displays, controls and indicators for tram vehicles;
Part 7: Design of displays for tram vehicles;
Part 8: Tram vehicle layout and access;
Part 9: External visibility for metro vehicles.

NOTE Parts 1 to 4 of the above-mentioned standard series are only applicable for heavy rail vehicles and parts 5 to 8 are only applicable to tram vehicles.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This document defines front visibility conditions including positions of drivers and its assessment.

This document applies to metro vehicles with or without permanent driver, excluding shuttles used for short distance transportation.

Metro vehicle definition is according to EN 17343.

NOTE For special vehicles, see EN 14033‑4 and EN 15746‑4.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Driver’s anthropometric data

4.1 General

4.2 Data

5 Forward visibility

5.1 General

5.2 Forward visibility requirements

5.3 Windscreen and side windscreen related requirements

6 External rear visibility

7 Lateral visibility

Bibliography