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Railway applications —
Track — Rail —
Part 3: Check rails
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NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2010
English Version
Applications ferroviaires - Voie - Rails - Partie 3: Contre- Bahnanwendungen - Oberbau - Schienen - Teil 3:
rails Radlenkerschienen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 February 2006 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 15 May 2010.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the
official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
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Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword ..............................................................................................................................................................3
1 Scope ......................................................................................................................................................5
2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................5
3 Terms and definitions ...........................................................................................................................5
4 Information to be supplied by the purchaser .....................................................................................5
5 Steel grades............................................................................................................................................5
6 Profile drawings/properties/mass ........................................................................................................6
7 Manufacture............................................................................................................................................6
7.1 Product integrity ....................................................................................................................................6
7.2 Identification...........................................................................................................................................6
8 Acceptance tests ...................................................................................................................................7
8.1 Chemical composition ..........................................................................................................................7
8.2 Hydrogen ................................................................................................................................................7
8.3 Hardness .................................................................................................................................................7
8.4 Profile tolerances ...................................................................................................................................8
8.5 Straightness and twist ..........................................................................................................................8
8.6 Cutting ....................................................................................................................................................8
8.7 Surface quality .......................................................................................................................................8
Annex A (normative) Rail profiles .....................................................................................................................9
Annex ZA (informative) !Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community
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Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................... 23
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Foreword
This European Standard (EN 13674-3:2006+A1:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee
CEN/TC 256 “Railway applications”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by January 2011.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags!"͘
!This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN/CENELEC/ETSI by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive
2008/57/EC.
For relationship with EU Directive 2008/57/EC, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document."
This part of EN 13674 is the third of the series EN 13674 Railway applications — Track — Rail which consists
of the following parts:
Part 2: Switch and crossing rails used in conjunction with Vignole railway rails 46 kg/m and above;
Part 4: Vignole railway rails from 27 kg/m to, but excluding 46 kg/m.
!EN 14587-1" Railway applications — Track — Flash butt welding of rails — Part 1: New R220,
R260, R260Mn and R350HT grade rails in a fixed plant;
!EN 14587-2" Railway applications — Track — Flash butt welding of rails — Part 2: New R220,
R260, R260Mn and R350HT grade rails by mobile welding machines at sites other than at a fixed plant;
!deleted text"
!EN 14730-1" Railway applications — Track — Aluminothermic welding of rails — Part 1: Approval
of welding processes;
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!EN 14811" Railway applications — Track — Special purpose rail — Grooved and associated
construction;
!EN 15594" Railway applications — Track — Restoration of rails by electric arc welding.
prEN 14587-3 Railway applications — Track — Flash butt welding of rails — Part 3: Welding in
association with crossing construction."
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies check rail profiles which have been designed for this purpose. It does not
cover guard rails which are to protect vehicle, bridge, viaduct and other structures in the event of a derailment.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this European Standard. For
dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN ISO 6506-1, Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 1: Test method (ISO 6506-1:2005)
3.1
check rail
rail laid close to the gauge face of a running rail which does not carry a railway wheel but ensures, by
guidance of the wheel, the safe passage of both wheels of the axle through small radius curves, switches,
crossings by not allowing the flange of either wheel to ride up over the running surface of the running rails
3.2
guard rail
non-running rail mounted either inside or outside the running rail to protect vehicle, bridge, viaduct and other
structures in the event of a derailment
3.3
acceptance tests
tests carried out as part of the process and product control system, normally on a heat, sequence or tonnage
basis
3.4
running rail
profile that is designed to carry a railway wheel
c) lengths of rail.
5 Steel grades
The applicable steel grades are given in Table 1.
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The steel names and steel numbers are allocated in accordance with EN 10027-1 and EN 10027-2.
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10 %
a
Steel grade % by mass (ppm) HBW
max.
Steel Steel Sample V H
C Si Mn P max S max Cr
name number max
Liquid 0,40/0,60 0,15/0,58 0,70/1,20 0,035 0,035 3,5
R200 1.0521
Solid 0,38/0,62 0,13/0,60 0,65/1,25 0,040 0,040 3,5 200/240
Not specified b
Liquid 0,62/0,80 0,15/0,58 0,70/1,20 0,025 0,025 2,5
R260 1.0623
Solid 0,60/0,82 0,13/0,60 0,65/1,25 0,030 0,030 2,5 260/300
Liquid 0,60/0,80 0,50/1,10 0,80/1,20 0,020 0,020 0,80/1,20 0,18 2,5
R320Cr 1.0915
Solid 0,58/0,82 0,48/1,12 0,75/1,25 0,025 0,030 0,75/1,25 0,20 2,5 320/360
a HBW: Hardness at contact surface.
b Cr and V not to be added intentionally.
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6 Profile drawings/properties/mass
Rail profiles, dimensions, properties and !linear mass" are given in Annex A, Figures A.1 to A.5. Rail
transition points are also given in Annex A, Figures A.6 to A.10.
7 Manufacture
Rails shall be produced under a comprehensive system of factory production control, which shall ensure
confidence in the conformity of the finished product. The system shall address this European Standard to
ensure that the finished products consistently comply with requirements to achieve the product integrity
necessary to provide assurance of product safety in track.
Manufacturers shall demonstrate continuing compliance, including documented evidence, with the factory
production control system required.
Manufacturers having a factory production control system, which complies with EN ISO 9001, shall be
recognised as satisfying the minimum requirements specified by this clause.
7.2 Identification
The rail shall carry an identification to show the manufacturer the number of the heat, the grade of steel and
the rail profile. Cold stamping is not allowed.
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8 Acceptance tests
Chemical composition limits for these steel grades are given in Table 1.
8.2 Hydrogen
The hydrogen content of the liquid steel shall be measured by determining pressure of hydrogen in the steel
using an on-line immersion probe system.
At least two liquid samples shall be taken from the first heat of any sequence using a new tundish and one
from each of the remaining heats and analysed for hydrogen content. The first sample from the first heat in a
sequence shall be taken from the tundish at the time of the maximum hydrogen concentration.
The heats shall be assessed according to hydrogen content in accordance with Table 2.
The blooms from group 2 heats shall be slowly cooled or isothermally treated and all heats shall be tested in
the rail form.
Hydrogen content
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Heats 10 % (ppm)
Steel grade R200 All other steel grades
Group 1 ≤ 3,5 ≤ 2,5
Group 2 > 3,5 > 2,5
If the hydrogen contents of the first samples of a first heat or the heat sample of a second or further heat do
not comply with the requirements of Table 1 then the blooms made before those samples are taken shall be
slowly cooled or isothermally treated. Also all blooms made before the hydrogen content eventually complies
with the requirements in Table 1 shall be slowly cooled or isothermally treated.
When testing of rails is required rail samples shall be taken at the hot saw at a frequency of one per heat at
random. However on the first heat in a sequence, the rail sample shall be from the last part of a first bloom
teemed on any strand. Hydrogen determination shall be carried out on samples taken from the centre of the
rail head.
If any test result fails to meet the requirements stated in Table 1 the heat shall be rejected.
8.3 Hardness
Brinell hardness tests shall be carried out on the contact surface in accordance with EN ISO 6506-1, at a
frequency of one test per heat. The surface is prepared by grinding off 0,5 mm approximately prior to testing.
The hardness values shall meet the requirements shown in Table 1.
NOTE Tensile properties are not required by this European Standard. However, they are generally similar to those of
the comparable grades of EN 13674-1.
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The nominal dimensions of the check rail profile and the actual dimensions anywhere on the rail shall not
differ by more than the tolerances given on the profile drawings in Annex A, Figures A.1 to A.5. Check rail
transition points are also given in Annex A, Figures A.6 to A.10.
The tolerance for straightness shall be 1,5 mm over any length of 1,5 m in any plane. If the rail shows
evidence of twist on an inspection bed, it will be checked by inserting feeler gauges between the base of the
check rail and the rail skid nearest the rail end. If the gap exceeds 5 mm the rail shall be rejected.
8.6 Cutting
The maximum permissible depth of imperfection shall be 1 mm. Protrusions on the contact face shall be
dressed to shape by grinding.
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Annex A
(normative)
Rail profiles
NOTE Dimensions that do not quote tolerances are supposed to be executed state-of-the-art.
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Dimensions in millimetres
Key
1 93 ± 1 to faces intersection
2 92,805 rail height
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Cross-sectional area : 42,02 cm
Mass per metre : 32,99 kg/m
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Moment of inertia x-x axis : 297,0 cm
3
Section modulus-Head : 83,7 cm
3
Section modulus-Base : 51,8 cm
4
Moment of inertia y-y axis : 218,8 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis left : 71,2 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis right : 44,4 cm
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Dimensions in millimetres
Tolerances in profile
Asymmetry: ± 1,5 mm
Others: ± 1,0 mm
2
Cross-sectional area : 46,04 cm
Mass per metre : 36,14 kg/m
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Moment of inertia x-x axis : 1 312,3 cm
3
Section modulus-Head : 137,6 cm
3
Section modulus-Base : 180,6 cm
4
Moment of inertia y-y axis : 95,6 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis left : 36,6 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis right : 19,6 cm
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Dimensions in millimetres
Tolerances in profile
Asymmetry: ± 1,5 mm
Others: ± 1,0 mm
2
Cross-sectional area : 50,81 cm
Mass per metre : 39,89 kg/m
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Moment of inertia x-x axis : 1 904,4 cm
3
Section modulus-Head : 177,1 cm
3
Section modulus-Base : 225,5 cm
4
Moment of inertia y-y axis : 96,1 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis left : 36,6 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis right : 19,8 cm
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Dimensions in millimetres
Tolerances in profile
Asymmetry: ± 1,5 mm
Others: ± 1,0 mm
2
Cross-sectional area : 59,97 cm
Mass per metre : 47,07 kg/m
4
Moment of inertia x-x axis : 2 914,0 cm
3
Section modulus-Head : 241,9 cm
3
Section modulus-Base : 287,0 cm
4
Moment of inertia y-y axis : 109,9 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis left : 44,2 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis right : 22,1 cm
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Tolerances in profile
Asymmetry: ± 1,5 mm
Others: ± 1,0 mm
2
Cross-sectional area : 61,54 cm
Mass per metre : 48,31 kg/m
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Moment of inertia x-x axis : 2 330,5 cm
3
Section modulus-Head : 218,3 cm
3
Section modulus-Base : 252,6 cm
4
Moment of inertia y-y axis : 123,5 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis left : 47,1 cm
3
Section modulus y-y axis right : 25,3 cm
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Annex ZA
(informative)
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN/CENELEC/ETSI by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association to provide a means of conforming to Essential
Requirements of the Directive 2008/57/EC1).
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive and has been
implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with the clauses of this
standard given in Table ZA.1 for HS Infrastructure and in Table ZA.2 for CR Infrastructure confers, within the
limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential
Requirements of that Directive and associated EFTA regulations.
th
1) This Directive 2008/57/EC adopted on 17 June 2008 is a recast of the previous Directives 96/48/EC ‘Interoperability of
the trans-European high-speed rail system’ and 2001/16/EC ‘Interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail
system’ and revisions thereof by 2004/50/EC ‘Corrigendum to Directive 2004/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 29 April 2004 amending Council Directive 96/48/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail
system and Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the trans-
European conventional rail system’.
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Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European standard, the HS TSI INF, published in OJEU
dated 19 March 2008, and Directive 2008/57/EC
Clause(s)/sub- Chapter/§ of the TSI Essential Comments
clause(s) of this Requirements of
European Directive 2008/57/EC
Standard
Clause 5. 3.3. .Essential Requirements - Annex III - Essential Direct or indirect
Steel grades Meeting the essential requirements Requirements – references to check
by the specifications of the 1. General rails exist within the
Infrastructure domain Requirements HS TSI INF for the
Clause 6. 3.3.1. Safety (2 first paragraphs) 1.1. Safety paragraphs mentioned
Profile Clauses 1.1.1 – 1.1.2 in column 2 of Table
drawings/properties/ 3.4 Elements of the infrastructure and 1.1.3 ZA.1
mass domain corresponding to essential
requirements Subclause 1.5 -
Technical compatibility.
Clause 8. 4.2.12.3. Description of the
Acceptance tests infrastructure domain - Functional
and technical specifications of the
Annex A domain – Switches and crossings –
Rail profiles Geometrical characteristics
4.2.13. 1. Track resistance – Lines
of category 1 – Lateral loads
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Table ZA.2 — Correspondence between this European standard, the CR TSI INF (Final draft 3.0 dated
12 December 2008) and Directive 2008/57/EC
Clause(s)/sub- Chapter/§ of the TSI Essential Comments
clause(s) of this Requirements of
European Standard Directive
2008/57/EC
Clause 5. 3. Essential Requirements – Table Annex III - Essential The draft CR TSI INF
Steel grades 1 – Basic parameters of the Requirements – states under § 5.2 that
infrastructure subsystem 1.General rails, fastenings and
Clause 6. corresponding to the essential Requirements sleepers used for short
Profile requirements. 1.1. Safety length of track for
drawings/properties/ Clauses 1.1.1 – 1.1.2 specific purposes, for
mass 4.2.6.2. Description of the and 1.1.3 example in switches
infrastructure subsystem - and crossings, at
Clause 8. Functional and technical Subclause 1.5 - expansion devices,
Acceptance tests specifications of the subsystem – Technical transition slabs and
Switches and crossings – In compatibility. special structures, are
Annex A service geometry of switches and not considered to be
Rail profiles crossings. interoperability
4.2.6.3. Maximum unguided length constituents.
of fixed obtuse crossing
4.2.7.3. Track resistance to
applied loads – Lateral track Direct or indirect
resistance references to check
rails exist within the
draft CR TSI INF for
6.2.4.7. Assessment of conformity the paragraphs
of the constituents and verification mentioned in column 2
of the subsystem – Infrastructure of Table ZA.2.
subsystem – Requirements for
conformity assessment –
Assessment of geometry of
switches and crossings
6.2.5.2. Technical solutions giving
presumption of conformity at
design phase – Assessment of
track resistance for switches and
crossings
Warning – Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the
scope of this standard."
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Bibliography
[3] EN 13674-1, Railway applications — Track — Rail — Part 1: Vignole railway rails 46 kg/m and above
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