Railway applications - Rolling stock - Pantographs - Characteristics and tests - Part 1: Pantographs for main line vehicles
EN-50206-1Voluntary standardActiveOfficial catalogue
A formal standard with no current OJ citation — applied by contract or as good practice.
Issuing body: CENELEC · Version: EN 50206-1:2010 · Published: 2010-09-30
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Scope
Specifies the general assembly characteristics and the tests that pantographs for main-line rolling stock must meet to ensure current collection from overhead contact lines, excluding dielectric/insulator testing. It is the CENELEC reference underpinning technical compatibility between pantograph and overhead line for interoperability approval; isolated metro and light-rail pantographs are covered separately by EN 50206-2.
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