This Technical Report has been written to define the interference limits of existing track circuits used on
European railways. The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide an overview, a reference and a source
of information for other specifications and specifications that are presently in preparation. As required by the
CENELEC rules, it will be updated as needed and will be finally replaced by a future specification or
standard.
According to CENELEC rules, the existing national specifications are not required to be replaced by this
Technical Report. They will remain in use as the basis for approval of vehicles in the respective countries.
Where available, the national specifications are referenced in Annex A of this Technical Report.
The two main parts of this Technical Report are:
1) the List of European track circuit equipment;
2) the National Annex.
The contents of these two parts have been provided by railway infrastructure representatives. Not all
EU countries have provided information and in some cases the information may be incomplete.
In 4.5, the track circuits are classified into preferred and non-preferred types 1) with regard to their future use
on interoperable lines. This definition provides an indication which types of track circuits are preferred for
new signalling projects.
In Annex A the interference limits and test specifications are defined within a template prepared by
CENELEC, which is intended to ensure a large degree of common content and to facilitate comparisons
between national specifications. The content of Annex A is based on existing national specifications.
This Technical Report will remain informative until it is replaced by a specification. It may, however, be used
as a basis for defining requirements, for example in improved national specifications. If the content is used in
the TSI, the TSI document shall clearly define the consequences of the requirements. The vehicles have
only to be made compatible with the track circuits used on the lines where they run, as defined in EN 50238.
Normally an approval certificate will be restricted to these lines or countries.