BS EN 13848 is a European Standard that discusses railway applications.
BS EN 13848‑1 is the first part in the multi-series of documents that is applicable to track geometry quality of railway applications.
BS EN 13848‑1 provides definitions for the principal track geometry parameters and specifies minimum requirements for measurement and the analysis methods.
Note: BS EN 13848‑1 does not apply to Urban Rail Systems.
BS EN 13848‑1 on the characterization of track geometry is applicable to:
Track recording cars or track geometry cars are used to check the geometric parameters of the railway track. In this regard, when measuring a track, track geometry recording systems help produce consistent and comparable results, regardless of the measuring speed and direction of travel.
BS EN 13848-1 aims to allow the comparability of the output of different measuring systems.
BS EN 13848-1 provides assessment of excursions in the vertical and lateral planes from the mean or designed geometrical characteristics of specified parameters which give rise to safety concerns or have a correlation with ride quality.
With the accurate measurements of parameters such as position, curve, alignment of track and smoothness, you can assure of safety and reliability of railway infrastructure.
BS EN 13848‑1:2019 supersedes BS EN 13848‑1:2003+A1:2008, which is withdrawn. Apart from editorial revisions, the main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below:
EN 13848-1:2019