DIN EN 15528:2013-01

Existing European railway infrastructure consists of elements designed for different purposes. Most civil engineering railway infrastructure was built before the introduction of CR-INS-TSI and Eurocodes for the design of structures. This European Standard defines a line classification system for infrastructure managers and railway undertakings to manage the interface between load limits for railway vehicles and payload limits for freight wagons and the vertical load carrying capacity of a line. The line classification system takes into account parameters such as: - axle load (P), - mass per unit length (p), - geometrical aspects relating to the spacing of axles, - speed and provides a transparent method for determining whether the vertical loading characteristics of vehicles are compatible with the load carrying capacity of lines on the network. Amendment (A1:2012) to DIN EN 15528:2009-07, "Railway applications - Line categories for managing the interface between load limits of vehicles and infrastructure" mainly refers to the adaptation to the current state-of-the-art and supplement of Annex ZA due to the new Directive 2008/57/EC.