Railway applications - Infrastructure - Non-destructive testing on rails in track - Part 1: Requirements for ultrasonic inspection and evaluation principles

Comment end date 2026-04-14

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1. Prioritetinių darbo temų pažymėjimas ir ekspertų skyrimas

2. Projektas

3. Viešoji apklausa

From 2026-02-13 till 2026-04-14

4. Closure of enquiry

5. Submission to Formal Vote

Organisation

CEN Europos standartizacijos komitetas

ICS

93.100 - Construction of railways

Technical Committee

TK 43 Railway traffic

ForeignTC'S

CEN/TC 256

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Comment start date

2026-02-13

Scope

This document applies to testing of rails installed in track for detecting internal discontinuities. This part applies to testing equipment fitted to dedicated test vehicles or manually-propelled devices. This document does not define the requirements for vehicle acceptance. This part of the series does not apply to ultrasonic testing of rails in a production plant. The document specifies the requirements for testing principles and systems in order to produce comparable results with regard to location, type and size of discontinuities in rails. This document is not aiming to give any guidelines for managing the result of ultrasonic rail testing. This document applies only to rail profiles meeting the requirements of EN 13674 1.

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prEN 16729-1