This European Standard defines requirements to be applied in the design and manufacture of electrical installations and equipment to be used on rolling stock to protect persons from electric shocks.
This European Standard is applicable to rolling stock of rail transport systems, road transport systems, if they are powered by an external supply (e.g. trolley buses), magnetically levitated transport systems and to the electrical equipment installed in these systems.
This European Standard does not apply to:
- mine railways in mines,
- crane installations, moving platforms and similar transport systems on rails,
- funicular railways,
temporary constructions.