BS EN 16186-3:2016+A1:2018

What is BS EN 16186‑3 about?  

BS EN 16186 is a series of the European standard on railway drivers’ cab that discusses the design specification of the driver’s cab. 

BS EN 16186‑3 is the third part of the BS EN 16186 series of documents that specifies all necessary design rules and associated assessment criteria as well as guidance concerning the design of information and the corresponding user interfaces of driver’s cabs of EMU, DMU, Railcars, Locomotives and Driving trailers. 

BS EN 16186‑3 considers the tasks the driver has to carry out and human factors and specifies how information is arranged and displayed.  

BS EN 16186‑3 is applicable to the following aspects: 

• Legibility and intelligibility of displayed information: general rules concerning the layout of information on the displays, including character size and spacing 
• Definition of harmonized colours, symbols, etc. 
• Definition of harmonized principles for the command interface (by physical or touchscreen buttons): size, symbols, reaction time, way to give feedback to the driver, etc. 
• General arrangements (dialogue structures, sequences, layout philosophy, colour philosophy), symbols, audible information, data entry arrangements. 

NOTE: BS EN 16186‑3 is explicitly applicable to display applications like TRD, ETD, CCD, and TDD. 

NOTE: BS EN 16186‑3 is not applicable to legacy ATP systems. 

NOTE: BS EN 16186‑3 does not request any safety requirement related to the displayed information. 

NOTE: BS EN 16186‑3 is not intended to be applicable for tramways, metros, and light rail vehicles. 

Who is BS EN 16186‑3 for? 

BS EN 16186‑3 on railway driver’s cab is useful for: 

• Railway engineers and operators 
• Manufacturers of railway equipment  

Why should you use BS EN 16186‑3?  

The cab, the driver's compartment of the rail vehicle is necessary to be designed for the locomotive/self-propelled rail vehicle's operation. 

BS EN 16186‑3 provides the characteristics of displays and visible or audible information along with display application and design principles. 

The general design of displayed information as well as the design of buttons and keys is specified in BS EN 16186‑3. 

Troubleshooting process for fault indication either visible or audible requesting driver warning and acknowledgement is provided in BS EN 16186‑3. 

Overall, BS EN 16186‑3 could help you design a display of driver’s cab with the systematic measurement in order to determine track visibility, seat design, control and displays design, and distance of the eye point from the windscreen ensuring the occupational injury prevention and interaction of workers with tasks, tools, machines, vehicles, and personal protective equipment.