BS EN 13232-5:2005+A1:2011

This standard BS EN 13232-5:2005+A1:2011 Railway applications. Track. Switches and crossings is classified in these ICS categories:

• 45.080 Rails and railway components

The scope of this European Standard is:

• establish a working definition for switches and their constituent parts and identify the main types;

• specify the minimum requirements for the manufacture of the switches and/or constituent parts;

• specify codes of practice for inspection and tolerances of both full and half sets of switches and their constituent parts;

• establish the limits and scope of supply;

• list the methods by which switches and their parts should be identified and traced;

• list the different and varying ways by which switches can be described using the following parameters:

  • geometry of the switches;

  • types of construction;

  • performance requirements;

  • design criteria;

  • tolerances and inspection.