Registration of railway vehicles
The approval of railway vehicles concerns the official operating permit and network access for railway vehicles that are to be put into operation .
General
According to § 2 of the Railway Commissioning Authorization Ordinance (EIV), railway vehicles belong to the "components of the railway system", which is composed in particular of stations , railway signals , rail network , locomotives or trains . According to Section 8 EIV, every component of this system requires approval (referred to as a commissioning license in the law ) by the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) as the competent authority.
conditions
Depending on the type of the subsystem, the approval must (z. B. for railway vehicles), building permits (eg. As train stations) or operating permit required or the acceptance of railway vehicles for use on the networks of railway infrastructure company according to the national licensing laws or regulations . These laws and regulations generally describe that the requirements of security and order must be met. These requirements for vehicles are described in the recognized rules of technology and in national guidelines and laws. Evidence of these requirements must be provided during the approval process. In some cases, these requirements differ from country to country, which makes the cross-border traffic of railway vehicles difficult.
The demonstration of safety and functional requirements is carried out by technical descriptions , test reports , expert opinions , proof of safety , security analysis . There is also a guide for the manufacture and approval of new or converted railway vehicles.
International
The approval is given by national authorities for each country. These are e.g. B .:
- Switzerland : Federal Office of Transport (FOT)
- Austria : Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
- Netherlands : Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (ILT)
- Italy : RFI - DT- Cesifer (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA, Direzione Tecnica, Certificazione Sicurezza Imprese Ferroviarie)
- France : Etablissement Public de Sécurité Ferroviaire (EPSF)
The mutual recognition of approvals from other countries is known as cross acceptance . For the EU member states , this is regulated in the Interoperability Directive (EU) 2016/797 .
