BS EN 15566:2009+A1:2010

This standard BS EN 15566:2009+A1:2010 Railway applications. Railway rolling stock. Draw gear and screw coupling is classified in these ICS categories:

• 45.060.01 Railway rolling stock in general
• 45.040 Materials and components for railway engineering

This standard specifies the requirement of the draw gear and screw coupling for the end rolling stock which have to couple with other interoperable rolling stock (freight wagons, locomotives, passenger vehicles ...).

This standard covers the functionality construction, interfaces, testing including pass fail criteria for draw gear and screw coupling.

The standard describes three categories of classification of draw gear and screw coupling, (1 MN, 1,2 MN and 1,5 MN).