BS EN 14587-1:2018

This standard BS EN 14587-1:2018 Railway applications. Infrastructure. Flash butt welding of new rails is classified in these ICS categories:

• 93.100 Construction of railways
• 25.160.10 Welding processes
• 45.080 Rails and railway components

This document specifies requirements for the approval of a welding process in a fixed plant, together with the requirements for subsequent welding production. It applies to new Vignole railway rails R220, R260, R260Mn, R320Cr, R350HT, R350LHT, R370CrHT and R400HT grade rails of 46 kg/m and above, as contained in EN 13674 1, welded by a flash butt welding process in a fixed plant and intended for use on railway infrastructure. This document applies to the welding of rails into welded strings.