Standard

BS EN 15020:2022+A1:2026

Railway applications. Rescue coupler. Performance requirements, specific interface geometry and test methods

Current

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Published:

31 May 2026

1 Scope

This document defines the requirements and tests on the rescue coupler foreseen to connect a rescue vehicle equipped with a draw hook, according to EN 15566:2022 and a headstock layout according to EN 16839:2022+A1:2025 together with the train to be rescued equipped with a Type 10 automatic coupler according to EN 16019:2014.

The requirements on coupling interfaces of end couplers are defined in EN 16019:2014.

Product Details

Descriptors

Electric connectors

Pneumatically-operated devices

Interfaces

Braking systems

Dimensions

Railway vehicles

Railway equipment

Locomotives

Railway vehicle components

Towing attachments

Railway couplings

Test methods

ICS Codes

45.060.01 Railway rolling stock in general

Committee

RAE/3/-/7

International relationships

Identical to:

EN 15020:2022/A1

ISBN

978 0 539 36172 8

Publisher

BSI