1.INTRODUCTION 1.1.Technical Scope 1.2.Geographical Scope 1.3.Content of this TSI 2.DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF SUBSYSTEM 2.1.Definition of the infrastructure subsystem 2.2.Interfaces of this TSI with other TSIs 2.3.Interfaces of this TSI with the Persons with Reduced Mobility...2.4.Interfaces of this TSI with the Safety in Railway Tunnels...2.5.Relation to the safety management system 3.ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS 4.DESCRIPTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSYSTEM 4.1.Introduction 4.2.Functional and technical specifications of the infrastructure subsystem 4.2.1.TSI Categories of Line 4.2.2.Basic parameters characterising the infrastructure subsystem 4.2.2.1.List of Basic Parameters 4.2.2.2.Requirements for Basic Parameters 4.2.3.Line layout 4.2.3.1.Structure gauge 4.2.3.2.Distance between track centres 4.2.3.3.Maximum gradients 4.2.3.4.Minimum radius of horizontal curve 4.2.3.5.Minimum radius of vertical curve 4.2.4.Track parameters 4.2.4.1.Nominal track gauge 4.2.4.2.Cant 4.2.4.3.Cant deficiency 4.2.4.4.Abrupt change of cant deficiency 4.2.4.5.Equivalent conicity 4.2.4.6.Railhead profile for plain line 4.2.4.7.Rail inclination 4.2.4.7.1.Plain line 4.2.4.7.2.Requirements for switches and crossings 4.2.5.Switches and crossings 4.2.5.1.Design geometry of switches and crossings 4.2.5.2.Use of swing nose crossing 4.2.5.3.Maximum unguided length of fixed obtuse crossings 4.2.6.Track resistance to applied loads 4.2.6.1.Track resistance to vertical loads 4.2.6.2.Longitudinal track resistance 4.2.6.2.1.Design forces 4.2.6.2.2.Compatibility with braking systems 4.2.6.3.Lateral track resistance 4.2.7.Structures resistance to traffic loads 4.2.7.1.Resistance of new bridges to traffic loads 4.2.7.1.1.Vertical loads 4.2.7.1.2.Allowance for dynamic effects of vertical loads 4.2.7.1.3.Centrifugal forces 4.2.7.1.4.Nosing forces 4.2.7.1.5.Actions due to traction and braking (longitudinal loads) 4.2.7.1.6.Design track twist due to rail traffic actions 4.2.7.2.Equivalent vertical loading for new earthworks and earth pressure effects...4.2.7.3.Resistance of new structures over or adjacent to tracks 4.2.7.4.Resistance of existing bridges and earthworks to traffic loads 4.2.8.Immediate action limits on track geometry defects 4.2.8.1.The immediate action limit for alignment 4.2.8.2.The immediate action limit for longitudinal level 4.2.8.3.The immediate action limit for track twist 4.2.8.4.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...4.2.8.5.The immediate action limit for cant 4.2.8.6.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings 4.2.9.Platforms 4.2.9.1.Usable length of platforms 4.2.9.2.Platform height 4.2.9.3.Platform offset 4.2.9.4.Track layout alongside platforms 4.2.10.Health, safety and environment 4.2.10.1.Maximum pressure variations in tunnels 4.2.10.2.Effect of crosswinds 4.2.10.3.Aerodynamic effect on ballasted track (1)The aerodynamic interaction between rolling stock and infrastructure may cause...(2)The requirements for the infrastructure subsystem aimed at mitigating the...(3)The requirements of point (2) above are an open point....4.2.11.Provision for operation 4.2.11.1.Location markers 4.2.11.2.Equivalent conicity in service 4.2.12.Fixed installations for servicing trains 4.2.12.1.General 4.2.12.2.Toilet discharge 4.2.12.3.Train external cleaning facilities 4.2.12.4.Water restocking 4.2.12.5.Refuelling 4.2.12.6.Electrical shore supply 4.3.Functional and technical specification of the interfaces 4.3.1.Interfaces with the rolling stock subsystem 4.3.2.Interfaces with the energy subsystem 4.3.3.Interfaces with the control command and signalling subsystem 4.3.4.Interfaces with the operation and traffic management subsystem 4.4.Operating rules 4.5.Maintenance rules 4.5.1.Maintenance file 4.5.2.Maintenance plan 4.6.Professional qualifications 4.7.Health and safety conditions 5.INTEROPERABILITY CONSTITUENTS 5.1.Basis on which interoperability constituents have been selected 5.2.List of constituents 5.3.Constituents performances and specifications 5.3.1.The rail 5.3.1.1.Railhead profile 5.3.1.2.Rail steel 5.3.2.The rail fastening systems 5.3.3.Track sleepers 6.ASSESSMENT OF CONFORMITY OF INTEROPERABILITY CONSTITUENTS AND EC VERIFICATION OF...6.1.Interoperability Constituents 6.1.1.Conformity assessment procedures 6.1.2.Application of modules 6.1.3.Innovative solutions for interoperability constituents 6.1.4.EC declaration of conformity for interoperability constituents 6.1.4.1.Interoperability constituents subject to other European Union Directives (1)in accordance with Article 10(3) of Directive (EU) 2016/797, for...(2)in accordance with Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)...6.1.4.2.EC declaration of conformity for rails 6.1.4.3.EC declaration of conformity for rail fastening systems 6.1.4.4.EC declaration of conformity for track sleepers 6.1.5.Particular assessment procedures for interoperability constituents 6.1.5.1.Assessment of rails 6.1.5.2.Assessment of sleepers 6.2.Infrastructure subsystem 6.2.1.General provisions 6.2.2.Application of modules 6.2.2.1.Application of module SG 6.2.2.2.Application of module SH1 6.2.3.Innovative solutions 6.2.4.Particular assessment procedures for infrastructure subsystem 6.2.4.1.Assessment of Structure gauge 6.2.4.2.Assessment of distance between track centres 6.2.4.3.Assessment of nominal track gauge 6.2.4.4.Assessment of track layout 6.2.4.5.Assessment of cant deficiency for trains designed to travel with...6.2.4.6.Assessment of design values for equivalent conicity 6.2.4.7.Assessment of railhead profile 6.2.4.8.Assessment of switches and crossings 6.2.4.9.Assessment of new structures, earthworks and earth pressure effects 6.2.4.10.Assessment of existing structures 6.2.4.11.Assessment of platform offset 6.2.4.12.Assessment of maximum pressure variations in tunnels 6.2.4.13.Assessment of effect of crosswinds 6.2.4.14.Assessment of fixed installations for servicing trains 6.2.4.15.Assessment of compatibility with braking systems 6.2.5.Technical solutions giving presumption of conformity at design stage 6.2.5.1.Assessment of track resistance for plain line 6.2.5.2.Assessment for switches and crossing 6.3.EC Verification when speed is used as a migration criterion...6.4.Assessment of maintenance file 6.5.Subsystems containing Interoperability constituents not holding an EC declaration 6.5.1.Conditions 6.5.2.Documentation 6.5.3.Maintenance of the subsystems certified according to 6.5.1. 6.6.Subsystem containing serviceable interoperability constituents that are suitable for reuse...6.6.1.Conditions 6.6.2.Documentation 6.6.3.Use of serviceable interoperability constituents in maintenance 7.IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE TSI 7.1.Application of this TSI to railway lines 7.2.Application of this TSI to new railway lines 7.3.Application of this TSI to existing railway lines 7.3.1.Upgrading or renewal of a line (1)In accordance with Article 2(14) of Directive (EU) 2016/797, ‘...(2)The infrastructure subsystem of a line is considered to be...(3)In accordance with Article 2(15) of Directive (EU) 2016/797, ‘...(4)For this purpose, major substitution should be interpreted as a...(5)The scope of the upgrading or renewal of the infrastructure...(6)Where a new authorisation is required, parts of the infrastructure...(7)Where a new authorisation for placing in service is not...7.3.2.Renewal of a line 7.3.3.Substitution in the framework of maintenance 7.3.4.Existing lines that are not subject to a renewal or...7.4.Application of this TSI to existing platforms 7.5.Speed as an implementation criterion 7.6.Route compatibility checks before the use of authorised vehicles 7.7.Specific cases 7.7.1.Particular features on the Austrian network 7.7.1.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.2.Particular features on the Belgian network 7.7.2.1.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.3.Particular features on the Bulgarian network 7.7.3.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.3.2.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.4.Particular features on the Danish network 7.7.4.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.5.Particular features on the Estonian network 7.7.5.1.Nominal track gauge (4.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.5.2.Resistance of new bridges to traffic loads (4.2.7.1) P cases 7.7.5.3.The immediate action limit for switches and crossing (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.6.Particular features on the Finnish network 7.7.6.1.TSI Categories of line (4.2.1) P cases 7.7.6.2.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.6.3.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.6.4.Minimum radius of horizontal curve (4.2.3.4) P cases 7.7.6.5.Nominal track gauge (4.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.6.6.Cant (4.2.4.2) P cases 7.7.6.7.Maximum unguided length of fixed obtuse crossings (4.2.5.3) P cases 7.7.6.8.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...P cases 7.7.6.9.The immediate action limit of cant (4.2.8.5) P cases 7.7.6.10.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.6.11.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.6.12.Train external cleaning facilities (4.2.12.3) P cases 7.7.6.13.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.7.Particular features on the French network 7.7.7.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.8.Particular features on the German network 7.7.8.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.9.Particular features on the Hellenic network 7.7.9.1.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.10.Particular features on the Italian network 7.7.10.1.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.10.2.Equivalent conicity (4.2.4.5) P cases 7.7.10.3.Equivalent conicity in service (4.2.11.2) P cases 7.7.11.Particular features on the Latvian network 7.7.11.1.Resistance of new bridges to traffic loads — vertical loads...P cases 7.7.12.Particular features on the Polish network 7.7.12.1.TSI Categories of line (4.2.1) P cases 7.7.12.2.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.12.3.Minimum radius of horizontal curve (4.2.3.4) P cases 7.7.12.4.Minimum radius of vertical curve (4.2.3.5) P cases 7.7.12.5.Cant deficiency (4.2.4.3) P cases 7.7.12.6.Abrupt change of cant deficiency (4.2.4.4) P cases 7.7.12.7.The immediate action limit for track twist (4.2.8.3) P cases 7.7.12.8.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...P cases 7.7.12.9.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.12.10.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.12.11.Equivalent conicity in service (4.2.11.2) T cases 7.7.12.12.Track sleepers (5.3.3) P cases 7.7.13.Particular features on the Portuguese network 7.7.13.1.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.13.2.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.13.3.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...P cases 7.7.13.4.The immediate action limit for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.13.5.Platform height (4.2.9.2) 7.7.13.6.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.13.7.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.13.8.Assessment of maximum pressure variations in tunnels (6.2.4.12) P cases 7.7.14.Particular features on the Ireland network 7.7.14.1.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.14.2.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.14.3.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.15.Particular features on the Spanish network 7.7.15.1.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.15.2.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.15.3.Design track twist due to rail traffic actions (4.2.7.1.6) P cases 7.7.15.4.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...P cases 7.7.15.5.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.15.6.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.15.7.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.15.8.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.15.9.Assessment of maximum pressure variations in tunnels (6.2.4.12) P cases 7.7.16.Particular features on the Swedish network 7.7.16.1.General P cases 7.7.16.2.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.17.Particular features on the UK network for Great Britain 7.7.17.1.TSI categories of line (4.2.1) P cases 7.7.17.2.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.17.3.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.17.3.bisEquivalent conicity (4.2.4.5) P cases 7.7.17.4.Maximum unguided length of fixed obtuse crossings (4.2.5.3) P cases 7.7.17.5.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.17.6.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.17.7.Platform offset (4.2.9.3) P cases 7.7.17.8.Equivalent conicity in service (4.2.11.2) P cases 7.7.17.9.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.17.10.Assessment of distance between track centres (6.2.4.2) P cases 7.7.17.11.Assessment of platform offset (6.2.4.11) P cases 7.7.18.Particular features on the UK network for Northern Ireland 7.7.18.1.Structure gauge (4.2.3.1) P cases 7.7.18.2.Distance between track centres (4.2.3.2) P cases 7.7.18.3.Assessment of structure gauge (6.2.4.1) P cases 7.7.19.Particular features on the Slovak network 7.7.19.1.TSI categories of line (4.2.1) P cases 7.7.19.2.Minimum radius of horizontal curve (4.2.3.4) P cases 7.7.19.3.Minimum radius of vertical curve (4.2.3.5) P cases 7.7.19.4.Cant deficiency (4.2.4.3) P cases 7.7.19.5.The immediate action limit for track twist (4.2.8.3) P cases 7.7.19.6.The immediate action limit of track gauge as an isolated...P cases 7.7.19.7.The immediate action limit for cant (4.2.8.5) P cases 7.7.19.8.The immediate action limits for switches and crossings (4.2.8.6) P cases 7.7.19.9.Platform height (4.2.9.2) P cases 7.7.19.10.Equivalent conicity in service (4.2.11.2) T cases 7.7.19.11.Track sleepers (5.3.3) P cases (J.1)The fixed obtuse crossings should be designed in order not...(J.2)If one or more of the above requirements is not...(J.3)The design shall be checked for wheels with diameter between...(J.4)The following graphs allow simple verification of unguided length for...(J.5)For track gauge systems other than 1 435 mm, specific calculations...Figure 10Reference wagon of EN line category a12 Figure 11Load model of EN line category a12 (1)Locomotive (2)Distributed load: 140 kN/m (3)Wagon P.1.REFERENCE PROFILES P.1.1.Kinematic reference profile GEI1 P.1.2.Kinematic reference profile GEI2 P.2.ASSOCIATED RULES P.3.VERTICAL LOWERING List of open points (1)Immediate action limits for isolated defects in alignment for speeds...(2)Immediate action limits for isolated defects in longitudinal level for...(3)The minimum allowed value of distance between track centres for...(4)EN Line Category — Associated Speed [km/h] for Traffic codes...(5)Route Availability Number — Associated Speed [miles/h] for Traffic codes...(6)Rules and drawings related to gauges IRL1, IRL2 and IRL3...(7)The requirements for mitigating the risk for ballast pick up...
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014
of 18 November 2014
on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to the ‘infrastructure’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union
(Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)
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Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 2