National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15877‑1:2012+A1:2018. It supersedes BS EN 15877‑1:2012, which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee RAE/3/-/9, Railway Applications - Wagons (Tank/Freight).

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

The UK committee draws users' attention to the distinction between normative and informative elements, as defined in Clause 3 of the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, Part 3.

Normative: Requirements conveying criteria to be fulfilled if compliance with the document is to be claimed and from which no deviation is permitted.

Informative: Information intended to assist the understanding or use of the document. Informative annexes do not contain requirements, except as optional requirements, and are not mandatory. For example, a test method may contain requirements, but there is no need to comply with these requirements to claim compliance with the standard.

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:

INS, RST and ENE speed conversions
km/h	mph
5	3
10	5
20	10
30	20
80	50
160	100
190	120

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of 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 July 2012.

Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication

Date	Text affected
31 December 2018	Implementation of CEN amendment A1:2018

BS EN 15877-1:2012+A1:2018

Railway applications. Marking on railway vehicles - Freight wagons

Published:

31 Dec 2018

Withdrawn:

11 Jul 2024