Directive 2016/797 (EU) (Interoperability of the rail system) restriction: Concerning Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock – locomotives and passenger rolling stock’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union points 4.2.3.5.2.1 and 4.2.3.5.2.2 of its Annex; and Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013 of 13 March 2013 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – freight wagons’ of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2006/861/EC points 4.2.3.6.2 to 4.2.3.6.5: the tolerances given by the standard cannot be accumulated with the values given in the previously mentioned points, the values in those points must be considered as limit values’.
To ensure safety and interoperability, this document gives:
- the limits for in-service and off-vehicle wheelsets;
- the operations to be carried out for which the specific values (and/or criteria) remain to be defined in the maintenance plan.
This document applies to wheelsets and axleboxes complying with the following European standards:
- EN 13103-1:2017+A1:2022;
- EN 13260:2020, EN 13261:2020, EN 13262:2020;
- EN 13979-1:2023;
- EN 13715:2020;
- EN 13749:2021+A1:2023;
that comprise:
- the axle fitted with wheels of diameters greater than or equal to 330 mm;
- axleboxes with bearings and grease.
This document is also applicable to wheelsets:
- fitted with brake discs, final drive, transmission or noise-damping systems, as appropriate;
- not complying with the above European standards, but complying with the international requirements in force, for example in UIC leaflets, before the approval of these standards;
- with tyred wheels;
- with resilient wheels.
For equipment not covered by Directive (EU) 2016/797, this European Standard can be applied, noting that different values can be used.
All dimensions in this document are in millimetres (mm).
It is necessary to describe in a specific document the tasks to be performed in order to maintain wheelsets within the limits defined therein.
NOTE The specific values and criteria are defined in an appropriate maintenance plan.
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