SRPS EN 15566:2017

Railway applications - Railway rolling stock - Draw gear and screw coupling

Scope

This standard specifies the requirements for the draw gear and screw coupling for the end of rolling stock that has to couple with other rolling stock (freight wagons, locomotives, passenger vehicles ...).
This standard covers the functionality, construction, interfaces and 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).
Permanent coupling systems are not in the scope of this standard.

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.