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EN 15153-2:2013

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Railway applications - External visible and audible warning devices for trains - Part 2: Warning horns

Published date

09-01-2013

Superseded date

30-01-2020

Superseded by

EN 15153-2:2020

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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 Requirements
6 Test requirements
Annex A (informative) - Summary of testing
        requirements
Annex B (informative) - Test of the horn under
        snow conditions
Annex C (informative) - Lateral sound pressure
        tests
Annex D (informative) - A-deviation
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential
         Requirements of EU Directive 2008/57/EC
Bibliography

This European standard defines warning horn requirements which deliver the required audibility of approaching trains, including high speed and conventional rail and excluding road, metro and self-contained systems. For this purpose, the following requirements are included:-functional and technical requirements of the warning horn as a component, -functional and technical requirements of the integration of warning horns into the vehicle, and-test requirements.Operational requirements for warning horns have been excluded and the requirements for the control of warning horns can be found in prEN 16186-1.

Committee
CEN/TC 256
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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