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Technical interoperability of 1520 mm and

1435 mm railway systems

Specialist of OSJD Commission on Transport Policy and Development Strategy

Aian Mamytov

15-16 March 2017, New Delhi, India

The leaflets determine parameters, construction technology and maintenance

procedures for:

- Passenger transport;

- Track and engineering structures (locations);

- Rolling stock;

- Signalling and communication devices;

- Power supply and overhead system;

- Informatics and coding.

• Optimization of rolling stock profiles in order to increase the capacity and speed of trains. Solutions

on transportation of unusual goods in international railway traffic.

• Development of a set of issues related to track construction on international lines, including high-

speed lines, in order to implement them in the traffic between Europe and Asia.

• Development of diagnostic system related to the statу of the permanent way, railway subgrade and

engineering structures.

• Implementation of optimal technologies in repair of tracks and engineering structures on international

and local lines.

• Development of modern high capacity telecommunication networks. Selection of common standards,

rules and recommendations on the equipment, signalling systems, numbering for linking

telecommunications networks of OSJD and UIC railways.

• Development of diagnostic systems in CCS devices.

• Consideration of technological problems and elaboration of safety requirements for CCS systems and

devices, including on high-speed lines.

• Harmonization of technical requirements and elaboration of issues related to electrification of railways

and electric traction in high-speed traffic.

• Development of diagnostic systems for power supply equipment and electric traction.

• Development of technical requirements for rolling stock and its elements which ensure safety in

operation.

• Development of technical requirements for container terminals and rolling stock.

• Providing railways with information on existing information technologies.

Perspective issues:

Development of standards on profiles in the traffic between Europe

and Asia.

Development of standards for railway track and engineering

structures.

Development of standards on the devices of automation,

telemechanics and telecommunication facilities.

Development of standards for power supply systems and devices.

Technical requirements for freight and passenger wagons in East-West

traffic.

Development of technical requirements for locomotives.

Issues on joint OSJD/UIC leaflets.

Technical equipment for combined transport, requirements for

infrastructure of intermodal terminals.

Objectives of the OSJD Commission on

Infrastructure and Rolling Stock

Cooperation between OSJD and ERA regarding the

analyses of the interrelation of the EU and non-EU

1435mm and 1520/1524mm rail systems

http://www.era.europa.eu/

Cooperation between OSJD and ERA

• The cooperation aims at comparing technical and technological parameters in legal documents of EU and non-EU countries.

• The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ERA and OSJD was signed in 2007.

• The MoU regulates the cooperation regarding the analyses of technical parameters of the EU and non-EU 1435 mm and 1520 mm rail systems.

• The analyses is limited to the technical and operational aspects of the railway system.

•

Memoranda

of Understanding

MoU

• 41 meetings were organized during this

period of cooperation with OSJD (2007-

2017).


Representatives from the following OSJD member-countries take part in the meetings:

• Republic of Belarus;

• Republic of Kazakhstan

• Republic of Latvia;

• Republic of Lithuania;

• Republic of Poland;

• Russian Federation;

• Slovak Republic;

• Ukraine;

• Republic of Estonia

• Republic of Moldova

• Georgia

as well as representatives from:

• ERA,

• OSJD Committee,

• UIC,

• RTC.

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Before 2015, the MoU between ERA and OSJD provided the

development of a set of documents on analysing the parameters

for technical and operational compatibility of different

subsystems within the 1520/1524 mm network on the EU-CIS

border:

1. Infrastructure (engineer structures and permanent way);

2. Energy;

3. Control Command and Signalling;

4. Freight Wagons;

5. Passenger Coaches;

6. Locomotives and Multiple Units;

7. Operation.

Document No.1:

ANALYSES OF PARAMETERS RELEVANT FOR PRESERAVATION OF TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL COMPATIBILITY OF THE

1520MM AND 1435MM RAIL SYSTEM ON THE EU-CIS BORDER.

SUBSYSTEM: INFRASTRUCTURE

(ca. 150 pages)

Document No.2:



SUBSYSTEM: ENERGY

(ca. 60 pages)

Document No.3



SUBSYSTEM: Control Command And Signalling (CCS)

(ca. 130 pages)

Document No.5



SUBSYSTEM: PASSENGER COACHES

(ca. 190 pages)

Document No.6



SUBSYSTEM: ROLLING STOCK. LOCOMOTIVES AND MULTIPLE UNITS

(ca. 500 pages)

Document No.7



SUBSYSTEM: OPERATION

(ca. 80 pages)

The results of the analysis of technical parameters

were used by ERA during the revision of the TSI in order to

include the parameters of the 1520/1524mm rail system in

the documents listed below :

TSI INF– Infrastructure;

TSI ENE– Energy;

TSI LOC-PAS– Locomotives, multiple units and passenger

coaches;

These TSIs with included parameters of the 1520mm rail

system have been approved by the European Commission

and came into effect from 1st January 2015.

• Analyses of measures is also carried out for preservation and improvement

of technical and operational compatibility of the railway systems on the EU-

CIS border (1520/1520 mm border and 1435/1520 mm border).

Information exchange is carried out on requirements in regulatory documents of

EU and non-EU countries:

conformity assessment procedures, conformity assessment

authorities,

acceptance of rolling stock,

acceptance of infrastructure,

registration of rolling stock and infrastructure,

border crossing points,

numbering of rolling stock units, trains numbering.

• With a view to improve current technical and operational compatibility on the

EU-CIS border, the Glossary of terms relevant for interoperability on the

EU-CIS border was elaborated.

• In 2013, the representatives from ERA suggested to

conclude a long-term MoU between OSJD and Era (for

2015-2019) and requested the OSJD Committee to

consider this proposal.

• The MoU for 2015-2019 was signed in January 2015.

THE RESULTS OF THIUS COOPERATION WILL

BE:

1) A set of working documents on analyses of

parameters for technical and operational

compatibility:

• Freight Wagons(TSI WAG)

• Persons with reduced mobility(TSI PRM)

• Telematic applications for freight services (TSI TAF)

• Telematic applications for passenger services (TSI TAP)

• Safety in railway tunnels (TSI SRT)

• Rolling Stock – Noise (TSI NOI)

2) Revision of the working documents

previously completed by the Contact Group

taking into account developments of TSIs

and railway technical regulations in OSJD

countries;

3) Regular exchange of practical experiences to

coordinate measures for preservation and

improvement of the existing technical and

operational compatibility on the CIS-EU

border.

Pursuant to the provisions of the MoU between

OSJD and ERA for 2015-2019 as well as in

accordance with the approved Work Plan, the

OSJD-ERA Contact Group discussed the following

topics in the course of 5 meetings:

• Analyses of parameters relevant for preservation of

technical and operational compatibility in the field of

operation and traffic management (completed);



subsystem “accessibility for persons with reduced

mobility”. The work on this topic is completed, the working

document was published at the end of 2015.



subsystem “freight wagons”. The work on this topic is

completed, the working document was published at the

end of 2016.

• Updating of the document prepared in 2012 on the

analyses of parameters relevant for preservation of


subsystem “Control Command and Signalling”. The

updating is being carried out taking into account new

requirements for the interface “rolling stock – train detection

systems” within the 1520mm railway system developed by

EU. The work on this topic is completed. The final version

of the document is being drafted;


technical and operational compatibility in the field of the

subsystem “Safety in railway tunnels”. According to the

Work Plan, the Contact Group started considering this

issue in May 2015. The work shall be completed by the

first quarter of 2017.


technical and operational compatibility in the field of the

subsystem “Telematic applications for passenger traffic”

According to the Work Plan, the Contact Group started

considering this issue in May 2016. The work shall be

completed by the first quarter of 2018.

OSJD-ERA Contact Group

• A promising platform for finding solutions on the

issues of interrelation of the EU and OSJD railway

systems (operations, databases)

• Current group of experts on facilitation of the

development of technical requirements (rolling

stock, infrastructure)

• Potential for cooperation with other international

organizations/associations (OTIF, RTC, UIC).

Thank you for your attention!

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