Mirror Groups

Mirror Groups are temporary groups active during the drafting and revision of Technical Standards for Interoperability (TSI)s by the European Railway Agency. They are open to all UNIFE member experts and convene on a periodic basis. Each group’s speaker coordinates the technical work, supported by a UNIFE staff member. The speaker plus one or two additional experts attend the ERA Working Party meetings, where they represent the supply industry’s combined interests.are temporary groups following specific European Railway Agency’s activities.

Name

Related TSI

Description

Companies involved

Energy

michael.bayley@unife.org

TSI CR ENE – Conventional Rail Energy TSI

Draft finalised

TSI HS ENE – High-speed Energy TSI

Finalised & in-force

Encompasses the energy (power supply) subsystem of the conventional rail system, comprising: substations, sectioning locations, separation sections, contact line system, return circuit and current collectors (pantographs).

Encompasses the energy (power supply) subsystem of the high-speed rail system.

Alstom, Balfour Beatty, faiveley, Siemens

Cross Acceptance and Certification

alice.polo@unife.org

Commission Directive 2009/131/EC - Interoperability of the Rail System

Commission Decision 2009/965/EC - Interoperability of the Rail System

The Cross acceptance and certification MG aims to share experiences in the authorisation and certification process, and also to give update regarding the European and national regulation status. Moreover group members participates and give inputs to the following ERA working parties:

1) Cross Acceptance: with the objective to create a document cross referencing all the national technical rules applied by MS for placing vehicles into service and classify them (A,B,C) and to harmonise the NSAs processes and decision making criteria;

2) European Register of Authorised types of Vehicles (ERATV), with the first objective to define unambiguously ‘type/type version’ and the list of parameters to insert in the register in order to reach the types register aim, which is to simplify the authorisation process to put vehicle in to service

3) Register of Infrastructure – RINF, which activity is to draw a common specification for the Register of Infrastructure. It will list all the parameters that deviate from the TSI for both TSI compliant and non TSI compliant lines.

4) Conformity Survey Group (CSG), aiming at the conformity assessment, in particular related to the modules for the conformity assessment to the TSI, the application guide for the TSI and the chapter 6 of each new or revised TSI.

* Provide position papers on specific topics when required or necessary

*Provide inputs to other Mirror or Topical groups if considerations of the safety aspect are necessary or required. Currently for §7 of the CR Loc&Pas TSI.

ACRI, AGORIA, Alstom, AnsaldoBreda Spa, AZD, Bombardier, CAF, FIF, Invensys, RIA, Siemens, Thales, UNIFE, UNIFER, VdB, VdB, Voith, Vossloh

Infrastructure

michael.bayley@unife.org

TSI CR INF –

Conventional Rail Infrastructure TSI

Draft finalised, ongoing

TSI HS INF – High-speed Infrastructure TSI

Finalised & in-force

Encompasses the infrastructure sub-system of the trans-European conventional (<200 km/hr) rail network, comprising: lines for passenger services, mixed traffic and freight services, passenger hubs, freight hubs (including inter-modal terminals) and inter-connecting lines.

Encompasses the infrastructure sub-system of the trans-European high-speed (>190 km/hr) rail network.

Alstom, Ansaldo, Balfour Beatty, Corus Group, Fachverband Weichenbau, Neopul, Pandrol, Rail One, SERSA, VAE, Voestalpine

Entity in Charge of Maintenance

alice.polo@unife.org

The aim of this group is to provide input to the ERA working party certification of Entity in Charge of Maintenance. This concept is currently only mandatory for wagons, with the plan to extend the scheme to all types of vehicles in 2017, if not earlier.

Alstom, Valdunes, Siemens, Vossloh
Faiveley, Knorr Bremse

Noise

alice.polo@unife.org

TSI CR Noise –Conventional Rail Noise TSI

In-force, under revision

Defines the noise limits for all rolling stock operating on the trans-European conventional rail system.

Alstom, AnsaldoBreda, Bombardier, Siemens, Voith

Rolling Stock – Locomotives and Passenger

martin.couturier@unife.org

TSI CR LOC&PAS – Conventional Rail Locomotives and Passenger Rolling Stock TSI

Draft finalised, ongoing

TSI HS RST – High Speed Rail Rolling Stock TSI

Finalised & in-force

Covers locomotives and passenger rolling stock operating on the trans-European conventional (<200 km/hr) rail system. It includes self-propelling thermal or electric trains, thermal or electric traction units, passenger carriages and mobile railway infrastructure construction and maintenance equipment.

Covers locomotives and passenger rolling stock operating on the trans-European high-speed (>190 km/hr) rail system.

Alstom, AnsaldoBreda, Bombardier, Firema, Siemens, Stadler Rail, Voith Turbo, Vossloh, VUZ

Freight Wagon

bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

TSI WAG – Wagon TSI
In-force, under revision

amendment

2009/107/EC (23 January 2009)

Covers loading, moving, maintenance and operation of freight wagons and non-passenger non-traction rolling stock running on the trans-European rail system.

ERWA, Greenbrier, Kockums Industrier AB, Tatravagonka, WH Davis

Telematic Applications

bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

TSI TAP –

Telematic Application for Passengers TSI

In drafting

TSI TAF – Telematic Application for Freight TSI

In deployment

Defines the provision for handling and exchange of relevant information for the passengers before, during, and after their journey, including ticketing information (time schedule, tariffs).

Defines the provision for handling and exchange of relevant information for freight and logistics.

Alstom, AnsaldoBreda, Bonbardier, Firema, Knorr Bremse, Siemens, Thales

Safety Assurance

alice.polo@unife.org

TSI CSM

Finalised & in-force

• Contribute through the active participation of mirror group members to the working groups of the Safety Unit of the European Railway Agency: ERA WG Common Safety Methods (CSM), ERA WG Common Safety Targets (CST), ERA WG Safety Certification.

• Provide position papers on specific topics when required or necessary.

• Provide inputs to other Mirror or Topical groups if considerations of the safety aspect are necessary or required.

• Contribute to standardisation working groups in CEN/CENELEC and IEC.

Alstom, AnsaldoBreda, AZD, Bombardier, CAF, Invensys, Knorr Bremse, Siemens, Thales

EMC

martin.couturier@unife.org

TSI CCS

under review

The MG EMC has mainly dealt with the just ended R&D project called Railcom. Its results are very important for the ongoing work at CENELEC level. Moreover, the TG is now directly dealing with work that has started at the European Railway Agency (ERA) and their cross acceptance unit. One of the major stumbling blocks in cross acceptance in Europe are matters related to ‘interference’. Here again the results of the Railcom project will be used to support ERA.

Alstom, AnsaldoBreda, Bombardier,

Thales, Siemens

ERTMS braking curves

alice.polo@unife.org

TSI CCS

under review

The ERTMS braking curves MG deals with the harmonisation at European level of the breaking curves to be implemented in the ERTMS system version 3. The main objective is the definition of the correction factors to be considered for the ERTMS braking curves and to provide inputs to the ERA Working Party.

Alstom, Ansalso, Invensys, Knorr Bremse

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