National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16286‑1:2024. It supersedes BS EN 16286‑1:2013, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee RAE/4/-/8, Railway applications - Passenger gangways.

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

When speeds in km/h require unit conversion for use in the UK, users are advised to use equivalent values rounded to the nearest whole number. The use of absolute values for converted units should be avoided in these cases. Please refer to the table below for agreed conversion figures:

Contractual and legal considerations

This publication has been prepared in good faith, however no representation, warranty, assurance or undertaking (express or implied) is or will be made, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by BSI in relation to the adequacy, accuracy, completeness or reasonableness of this publication. All and any such responsibility and liability is expressly disclaimed to the full extent permitted by the law.

This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2024.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2 September 2024.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, 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 United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 16286‑1:2024) 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 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2025.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 16286‑1:2013.

EN 16286‑1:2024 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 16286‑1:2013:

Scope has been modified and adopted to current wording of EN 17343;
Normative references have been updated;
Terms and definitions have been revised;
7.3.1 “Outer gangway dimensions” has been revised;
7.3.2 “Clearway” has been revised;
7.3.3 “Clearway for wheelchairs” has been revised;
7.3.5 “Steps and ramps” has been revised;
7.4 “Relative movements” has been revised;
7.5.1 “Vertical load applied to floor system” has been revised;
7.5.4 “Aerodynamic loads” has been revised;
New 7.14 “Handrails” has been added;
7.15 “Other requirements” (former 7.9) has been revised;
8.2 “Mechanical interfaces” has been revised;
9.2 “Movement test” has been revised;
9.3 “Wheelchair and service trolley test” has been revised;
9.4 “Pressure tightness test” has been revised;
9.5 “Water tightness” has been revised;
New 9.7 “Endurance test” has been added;
10.4 “Cleaning of a gangway” has been revised;
New 10.6 “Repair instructions” has been added;
Annex A has been and changed to “informative”;
New informative Annex C “Endurance test parameters and test criteria” has been added;
Update of Annex ZA.

This series of European Standards EN 16286, Railway applications — Gangway systems between vehicles, consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Main applications
Part 2: Acoustic measurements

This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its Member States.

For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

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.

Introduction

The railway system requires technical rules for train concepts with flexible connections which allow passage from one vehicle to the next vehicle (or between vehicle modules). This document describes main requirements for the design and validation of gangway systems.

The requirements set out in this document are based on long-term existing practices and procedures developed and currently in use by railway undertakings and industry. The application of these systems has changed over the years.

For many years the majority of gangway systems consisted of rubber tubes pressed together when coaches were coupled. This solution was standardized in UIC leaflet 561:1991 with the aim to reconfigure train sets. Information about the main requirements of this leaflet has been incorporated in this document as Annex A.

The aim of EN 16286‑1 is to cover project-specific solutions, which have been developed for each train set; for example, for multiple units, metro vehicles or tram vehicles.

1 Scope

This document specifies the technical and safety requirements applicable to gangway systems used in heavy rail and urban rail vehicles that are designed to allow passengers or staff to move between adjacent vehicles.

It also specifies

the requirements for the safety for passengers and/or staff in the gangway while the train is running,
the assessment methods as well as pass/fail criteria for gangways installed on vehicles.

NOTE Some requirements in this document may not be applicable for gangways designed for use by staff only.

This document is not intended to specify requirements for articulation systems which can be an integral part of gangway systems.

This document is not applicable for rubber tube gangways and interconnecting gangways for coaches travelling at speeds of up to 200 km/h on high-speed lines with tunnel sections. Information about these types of gangway systems are given in Annex A and Annex B.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 General definition

3.2 nominal geometric dimensions

3.3 relative movements of the vehicles

3.4 vehicle connection types

3.5 Gangway system

3.6 Typical parts of a gangway system

3.7 types of gangway systems

4 Abbreviated terms

5 General

5.1 Description of the system

5.2 Environmental resistance

6 Vehicle body coordinate system

7 Technical requirements

7.1 General

7.2 Mass

7.3 Geometry

7.4 Relative movements

7.5 Load requirements

7.6 Water tightness

7.7 Crash behaviour

7.8 Earthing

7.9 Vandalism

7.10 Fire protection

7.11 Acoustic requirements

7.12 Thermal insulation

7.13 Lifetime

7.14 Handrails

7.15 Other requirements

8 Interfaces with the vehicle

8.1 General

8.2 Mechanical interfaces

8.3 Adjoining components

9 Testing

9.1 Mass measurement

9.2 Movement test

9.3 Wheelchair and service trolley test

9.4 Pressure tightness test

9.5 Water tightness test

9.6 Acoustic measurements

9.7 Endurance test

10 Maintenance

10.1 General

10.2 Installation

10.3 Operational handling

10.4 Cleaning of a gangway

10.5 Removal of graffiti

10.6 Repair instructions

Bibliography

BS EN 16286-1:2024

Railway applications. Gangway systems between vehicles - Main applications

Current

Published:

31 Oct 2024