Length over buffers

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The term length over buffers (abbreviation: LüP) comes from the field of the construction of railway vehicles. It expresses the total length of a railway vehicle equipped with buffers .

The length over buffers can be found on the construction drawings and is usually expressed in the smallest common unit of measurement . Measurements are made from the outermost surface of the buffer plate to the outermost surface of the buffer plate at the other end of the vehicle, whereby the buffers are not under pressure.

For vehicles with a central buffer coupling , however, the term length over coupling is used as an alternative .