Identification marking for passenger rolling stock
NORM herausgegeben am 1.4.2004
Designation standards: UIC 438-1-3ed.
Publication date standards: 1.4.2004
The number of pages: 20
Approximate weight : 60 g (0.13 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Kategorie: Technische Normen UIC
Summary:
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Rolling stock numbers are essential data for the railway system. They enable a vehicle to be identified unambiguously and constitute a common language for Railway Undertakings (RUs), infrastructure managers and the authorities competent in each state for:
vehicle certification and registration;
monitoring the characteristics of the vehicle;
monitoring the vehicle in operation;
managing maintenance;
handover and acceptance of vehicles between RUs;
accounting and financial operations.
Hitherto the code of the owning
railway (or the registering railway in the case of privately-owned vehicles)
has occupied the third and fourth position of the vehicle number. Owing to the
restructuring of the railways in numerous countries, that code has been converted
into a country code to bring it in line with the new context. Thus:
an RU does not depend on another RU for the registration of its vehicles;
a vehicle keeper can freely choose a RU to provide a transport service.
This leaflet describes the structure
of the number borne by hauled passenger stock, and the marking used for the
identification of a vehicle. Using the concept of a country code and abbreviations
to identify the country in which the vehicle is registered and to identify the
vehicle keeper, the resulting numbering system is transparent and in tune with
developments in the railway world.