BAS EN 16839:2024
Railway applications - Rolling stock - Head stock layout
General Information
Status: Published
No. of pages: 54
Language: English
Edition: 1.
Adoption method: Endorsment
Publication date: 10.07.2024
Technical committee:
Directive:
2016/797/EU, Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)
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Abstract
This document is applicable to vehicles equipped with buffers and screw coupling systems.
In order to allow operation and coupling of trainsets or vehicles, this document specifies the
defined free space for the shunter called the "Berne rectangle" and the necessary free space for
the installation of the rescue coupler.
This document specifies the location, fixing and free spaces on the headstock of:
- buffers;
- screw coupling systems;
- end cocks;
- pneumatic half couplings;
- connections for electric cables.
It also specifies the calculation of the width of the buffer heads.
Unless otherwise displayed, all dimensions given in this document are nominal values.
Lifecycle
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Original document and degree of correspondence
- EN 16839:2022, identical