BS EN 15313:2016

This standard BS EN 15313:2016 Railway applications. In-service wheelset operation requirements. In-service and off-vehicle wheelset maintenance is classified in these ICS categories:

• 45.040 Materials and components for railway engineering

To ensure safety and interoperability, this Standard gives:

• the limits for in-service and off-vehicle wheelsets;

• the operations to be carried out for which the specific values (and/or criteria) remain to be defined in the maintenance plan.

This European Standard applies to wheelsets and axle boxes complying with the following European Standards:

• EN 13103, EN 13104;

• EN 13260, EN 13261, EN 13262;

• EN 13979-1;

• EN 13715;

• EN 13749.

that comprise:

• the axle fitted with wheels of diameters greater than or equal to 330 mm;

• axle boxes with bearings and grease.

This European Standard is also applicable to wheelsets:

• fitted with brake discs, final drive, transmission or noise-damping systems, as appropriate;

• not complying with the above European Standards, but complying with the international requirements in force, for example in UIC leaflets, before the approval of these standards;

• with tyred wheels;

• with resilient wheels.

For equipment not covered by Directive 2008/57/EC, this European Standard may be applied, noting that different values may be used.

All dimensions in this Standard are in millimetres (mm).

It is necessary to describe in a specific document the tasks to be performed in order to maintain wheelsets within the limits defined therein.

NOTE The specific values and criteria are defined in an appropriate maintenance plan.