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This document defines the following elements for urban rail rolling stock:

— the functional requirements for a communication device between passengers and driver or Operations Control Centre (OCC);

— the dynamic behaviour of the Communication device.

This document is applicable to the categories I to III of Urban Rail rolling stock defined in CEN/CLC Guide 26:

— (I) Metros;

— (II) Trams;

— (III) Light Rail.

NOTE 1 CEN/CLC Guide 26 defines Metro, Tram and Light Rail as public transport systems permanently guided at least by one rail, intended for the operation of local, urban and suburban passenger services with self-propelled vehicles and operated either segregated or not from general road and pedestrian traffic.

This document applies to rolling stock both with and without driver.

NOTE 2 The communication device is different from the PAS, but it can share some parts of the PAS to achieve its functionalities.

NOTE 3 The PAS is regarded as a safety relevant system whereas communication device is non-safety relevant aid to passengers.

This document applies to pneumatic half couplings designed to couple either the brake pipes or main reservoir pipes of railway vehicles, without taking the type of vehicles and track-gauge into consideration.

This document gives the requirements for the design, dimensions, testing and quality assurance of pneumatic half couplings.

This document specifies requirements for the:

— approval of training facilities, testing and maintaining the skills of aluminothermic welders and welding trainers. It applies to those aluminothermic welding processes compliant with the requirements of EN 14730-1. It requires that the system for training and testing of welders be approved by the railway authority;

— approval of aluminothermic welding contractors. It applies to those contractors using aluminothermic welding processes compliant with the requirements of EN 14730-1 and who employ welders in the possession of a valid permit to weld as defined in Clause 4 of this standard;

— acceptance of the final aluminothermic weld inspections and aluminothermic weld inspectors approved by the railway authority. It does not cover any previous weld inspections by the welder or others.

This document also applies to aluminothermic welds produced on Vignole railway rail 46 kg/m and above, as contained in EN 13674-1.