EN 17343:2020

This document provides terms and definitions for rail networks and rail vehicles guided by track and wheels, both made of steel and/or other materials.This includes heavy rail and urban rail systems.This document is applicable as a reference for future European Standards and the revision of existing standards and represents a set of general technical terms and definitions.This document does not apply to specific applications such as:-track construction and maintenance machines not travelling on rails;-road-rail machines when not travelling on rails;-magnetic levitation transport networks and vehicles;-guided busways and guided busses;-non-public rail networks and vehicles, e.g. mine rail systems;-rail networks and vehicles exclusively for leisure, historical and tourist purposes, e.g. mountain-, field-, park-, cable rail systems, funiculars and theme park rides;-trolley busses.Not in the scope are terms and definitions related to:-control command and signalling,-operation,-geographical aspects.