National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15877‑1:2024. It supersedes BS EN 15877‑1:2012+A1:2018, which is withdrawn.

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 committee manager.

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 July 2024.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 May 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, 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 United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN 15877‑1:2024) 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 January 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 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 15877‑1:2012+A1:2018.

EN 15877‑1:2024 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 15877‑1:2012+A1:2018:

normative references have been updated;
document has been newly structured;
markings have been revised;
new markings have been added (Figure 1 c), Figure 3, Figure 25, Figure 29, Figure 37 b), Figure 38 a), Figures 45 to 48, Figure 51, Figure 60, Figure 63, Figures 92 to 97, Figure 100 b), Figure 101 b), Figure 103, Figures 114 to 116, Figures 118 to 121, Figure 127 b), Figure 131 c));
unused markings have been deleted (former Figures 1, 4, 11, 13 to 15, 36, 49 a), 50, 51, 60, 61, 63, 65, 87 a), 89, 105).

The series EN 15877, Railway applications — Markings of railway vehicles consists of two parts:

Part 1: Freight wagons
Part 2: External markings on coaches, motive power units, locomotives and on track machines

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.

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

This document describes standardized markings for use on heavy rail freight wagons. These markings are used to provide various items of information relating to the characteristics and intended use of rail vehicles in a clear and concise manner. Among those markings are safety signs used to alert equipment operators to hazards that can be encountered in the use or maintenance of the rail vehicles.

In addition to the markings in this document, there might be other markings and text applied to a heavy rail freight wagon, e.g. instructions and warnings concerning the use of equipment. Such additional markings are not in contravention of this document provided they do not interfere with or affect the markings in the document.

The document is applicable to all heavy rail freight wagons operating within the European Union, the European Free Trade Association member states and states which are member of OTIF (Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail) and it satisfies the legal requirements within these institutions.

This document is consistent with:

Directive (EU) 2016/797 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community;
COTIF UTP GEN-A: General provisions – Essential requirements.

It is intended to be used by all parties concerned with the marking of rail vehicles.

1 Scope

This document specifies the markings on heavy rail freight wagons, or parts of heavy rail freight wagons, relating to their technical, operational and maintenance characteristics. It specifies the characteristics of these markings, the requirements pertaining to their presentation, their shape and position on a rail vehicle and their meaning. Some markings are accompanied with (a) note(s), where appropriate.

Tank manufacturers’ design criteria, test and product specification plates have not been considered in this document as they are specified in EN 12561‑1:2011.

Where fully specified in RID [14] dangerous goods markings have not been considered in this document (dimensions, colour, location and form). Where markings are not fully specified in RID they are included in this document.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviated terms

4 Markings

4.1 General principles

4.2 Colour

4.3 Positioning

4.4 Details of freight wagon markings

Bibliography

BS EN 15877-1:2024

Railway applications. Markings of railway vehicles - Freight wagons

Current

Published:

31 Jul 2024