USA/1980/Add.1
WTO/TBT
US Etats-Unis d'Amérique
  • 03 - Services, Organisation de l'entreprise, Gestion et qualité, Administration, Transport, Sociologie
  • 19 - Essais
  • 45 - Chemins de fer
2023-08-01
2023-05-30

Passenger equipment, high-speed trainsets; Quality (ICS code(s): 03.120); Mechanical testing (ICS code(s): 19.060); Railway engineering in general (ICS code(s): 45.020)

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Standards for High-Speed Trainsets

On 3 April 2023, FRA published an NPRM proposing to amend its Passenger Equipment Safety Standards to modernize Tier I and Tier III safety appliance requirements; update the pre-revenue compliance documentation and testing requirements; establish crashworthiness requirements for individual Tier I-compliant vehicles equipped with crash energy management; establish standards for Tier III inspection, testing, and maintenance and movement of defective equipment; incorporate general safety requirements from FRA's Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards for Tier III trainsets; and provide for periodic inspection of emergency lighting to ensure proper functioning. By this notice, FRA is extending the NPRM's comment period, which will close on 2 June 2023, by 60 days.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published 3 April 2023, at 88 FR 19730, is extended until 1 August 2023.