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Maintenance plan is related to the following elements:
• requirements for equivalent conicity in service,
• in service geometry of switches and crossings,
• track geometric quality and limits on isolated defects,
• platform edge as required by the "People with reduced mobility" TSI,
• inspection of tunnels condition as required by the "Safety in Railway Tunnels" TSI, and
• professional competences for maintenance staff.
Figure 2 shows the concept development for creation of the maintenance plan.
Fig. 2 Concept development for creation of the maintenance plan
The basis for creation of the maintenance plan is measurement data from the railway network. In that
way, the data collected from the network using track recording vehicles gain great importance. During
measurements, exceeding of the regulated limit values is registered and if necessary appropriate
measures for traffic safety insurance can be taken. After the recording run, quality data with further
instructions regarding registered defects are uploaded on the intranet network and become available
to all the operators.
2.2. European standards concerning track geometry quality
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has created a group of standards EN 13848 "Railway
applications – Track – Track geometry quality" which consists of six parts. The sixth part of this
standard is currently under development and the draft has been submitted to CEN members for voting
[12].
The objective of creation of this group of standards is defining a unique approach for the evaluation of
track geometry quality of various European railway infrastructures. This group of standards is a basis
for creation of the railway infrastructure maintenance plan.
The first part of this European standard "Characterisation of track geometry" specifies the
requirements for the homologation of track geometry quality as measured by various measuring
devices fitted on track recording vehicles [1]. It defines each parameter and specifies the requirements
for measurement, the analysis method and the presentation of results.
The part 2 "Measuring systems - Track recording vehicles" defines the specification for measurement
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