BAS EN 16116-2:2025
Railway applications - Design requirements for steps, handrails and associated access for staff - Part 2: Freight wagons
General Information
Status: Published
No. of pages: 26
Language: English
Edition: 1.
Adoption method: Endorsment
Publication date: 12.08.2025
Technical committee:
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Abstract
This document is applicable to all types of heavy rail freight wagons.
This document specifies the minimum requirements for ergonomic and structural integrity of steps and handrails used together to give staff access. It does not cover ladders, top platforms and top gangways.
This document specifies in particular the required free spaces necessary for handrails below buffer, for shunter’s stand, for steps and handrails.
This document also specifies their dimensions, positions, limits for durability and functionality.
This document also specifies the general requirements for the access to tail lights.
Lifecycle
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Original document and degree of correspondence
- EN 16116-2:2024, identical