TS EN 15380-1

TS EN 15380-1 defines the general principles of a designation system for railway vehicles and provides a common structure for technical products and technical project documentation. Rather than prescribing a single naming style, it sets out how designation sets are organised so that drawings, records and engineering documents can refer to the same object consistently across the project lifecycle.

How the designation system is organised

The standard’s approach is based on the idea that a designation may depend on the aspect being considered. In general technical documentation, that means the same railway item can be identified from different perspectives, such as product grouping, installation site or location, or functional structure. This is especially useful in railway vehicles, where complex assemblies, subsystems and equipment items need to be traced unambiguously through design, integration and maintenance documentation.

Relevance for railway project documentation

According to the scope, the standard specifies the structure and content of the designation sets required in technical project documentation. It takes account of the general structuring principles of EN 61346-1 and the document designation principles of EN 61355, and it relates to product groups in EN 15380-2, installation site or location in EN 15380-3, and function structure in DIN 25002-5. In practical engineering terms, this supports consistent identification of mechanical, electrical and functional elements within a railway vehicle documentation set.

• Applies to designation systematic for railway vehicles and related technical documentation.
• Defines the structure and content of the designation sets used in project documentation.
• Allows different designation aspects to be combined when needed.
• Builds on the general structuring rules of EN 61346-1 and EN 61355.
• Connects with product group, location and function-structure designations.