BS EN 13481‑5:2022

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BSI Standards Publication

Railway applications — Track — Performance

requirements for fastening systems

Part 5: Fastening systems for ballastless tracks

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National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13481‑5:2022. It
supersedes BS EN 13481‑5:2012+A1:2017, which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee RAE/2, Railway Applications - Track.
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© The British Standards Institution 2022
Published by BSI Standards Limited 2022
ISBN 978 0 539 12954 0
ICS 93.100
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This British Standard was published under the authority of the
Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 August 2022.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 13481-5

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NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2022

ICS 93.100 Supersedes EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017

English Version

Railway applications - Track - Performance requirements

for fastening systems - Part 5: Fastening systems for
ballastless tracks
Applications ferroviaires - Voie - Exigences de Bahnanwendungen - Oberbau -
performance pour les systèmes de fixation - Partie 5 : Leistungsanforderungen für
Systèmes de fixations pour voies sans ballast Schienenbefestigungssysteme - Teil 5:
Befestigungssysteme für feste Fahrbahn

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 8 May 2022.

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-CENELEC 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-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.

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Contents Page

European foreword....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 6
3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 7
4 Symbols ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
5 Requirements determined by laboratory testing ............................................................................... 9
5.1 Specimens used for laboratory testing.................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Longitudinal rail restraint or longitudinal stiffness ....................................................................... 10
5.2.1 General case ................................................................................................................................................... 10
5.2.2 Special case for long structures .............................................................................................................. 10
5.3 Clamping force and uplift stiffness ........................................................................................................ 10
5.4 Vertical stiffness ........................................................................................................................................... 11
5.5 Effect of repeated loading ......................................................................................................................... 11
5.6 Electrical resistance of the fastening system and slab track elements .................................... 12
5.7 Effect of exposure to severe environmental conditions (surface mounted rails only) ...... 13
5.8 Anchoring fastening components........................................................................................................... 13
5.8.1 Cast-in or glued-in components in concrete supporting elements ............................................ 13
5.8.2 Anchoring components on steel supporting elements ................................................................... 13
6 Other requirements .................................................................................................................................... 13
6.1 Dimensions ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.2 Effect of fastening system tolerances on track gauge ..................................................................... 14
6.3 In-service testing .......................................................................................................................................... 15
6.4 Attenuation of noise and vibration ........................................................................................................ 15
7 Fitness for purpose ...................................................................................................................................... 16
8 Marking, labelling and packaging .......................................................................................................... 16
Annex A (informative) Vibration and noise ..................................................................................................... 17
A.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 17
A.2 Symbols ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
A.3 Parameters for environmental vibration calculations................................................................... 17
A.4 Calculating the vibration attenuation................................................................................................... 18
A.5 Environmental noise ................................................................................................................................... 18
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 19

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European foreword

This document (EN 13481-5:2022) 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 2023, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by January 2023.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 13481-5:2012+A1:2017.

The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

a) changes to the terminology to be consistent with the EN 16432 series of standards;

b) inclusion of details of in-service testing, replacing the reference to EN 13146-8, which is to be

withdrawn;

c) slight reduction of test loads in repeated loading test for fastening category D;

d) editorial changes to make clear which requirements are based on laboratory testing;

e) removal of Annex ZA.

This European Standard is one of the series EN 13481 “Railway applications — Track — Performance
requirements for fastening systems”, which consists of the following parts:

— Part 1: Definitions

— Part 2: Fastening systems for concrete sleepers in ballast

— Part 3: Fastening systems for wood and polymeric composite sleepers

— Part 4: Fastening systems for steel sleepers

— Part 5: Fastening systems for ballastless tracks

— Part 7: Fastening systems for switches and crossings, check rails, insulated rail joints and rail expansion
devices

NOTE Part 6 does not exist in this series.

These European Standards are supported by the test methods in the series EN 13146 “Railway
applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems”.

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

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According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations 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, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.

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Introduction

A series of tests is used to assess the suitability of fastening systems for use in railway track, i.e. for type
approval of complete fastening systems. This document only sets requirements considered relevant to
ensure the safe, long-term operation of the track system. The test methods are described in other
associated standards.
The various Categories of rail fastenings used in this document are defined in EN 13481-1:2012.

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1 Scope
This document is applicable to fastening systems, in Categories A – D as specified in EN 13481-1:2012,
3.1 for attaching rails to the uppermost surface of concrete or steel elements in ballastless tracks,
including tracks on open deck bridges, and for embedded rails in ballastless tracks, for maximum axle
loads and minimum curve radii in accordance with Table 1.
Table 1 — Fastening category criteria

Category Maximum design axle load Minimum curve radius

kN m
A 130 40
B 180 80
C 260 150
D 260 400
NOTE The maximum axle load for Categories A and B does not apply to maintenance vehicles.

The requirements apply to:

— fastening systems which act on the foot and/or web of the rail including direct fastening systems and
indirect fastening systems;

— fastening systems for rail sections included in EN 13674-1 (excluding 49E4), or EN 13674-4.

This document is not applicable to fastening systems for wood or polymer composite sleepers used in
ballastless track, which are included in EN 13481-3.
This document is not applicable to rigid fastening systems, special fastening systems used at bolted joints
or glued joints or special low clamping force fastenings used to mitigate track-bridge interaction effects.
This document is for type approval of complete fastening systems. In track forms in which there are rail
seat blocks or sleepers mounted in “boots” (under-sleeper pads) the concrete element and its resilient
support are considered to be parts of the elastic fastening system. If the track form includes floating slabs,
(i.e. resiliently supported concrete elements with more than one fastening per rail) those concrete
elements and their resilient supports are considered to be parts of the ballastless track and not of the
fastening system.

2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 13146-1:2019, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 1:
Determination of longitudinal rail restraint

EN 13146-4:2020, Railway applications — Track — Test methods for fastening systems — Part 4: Effect of
repeated loading