Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung für Schmalspurbahnen

The Railway Construction and Operating Rules for narrow gauge railways ( ESBO ) is a statutory instrument that sets out the principles for the construction and operation of narrow railways of public transport in Germany.

It deals with the same issues as the railway construction and operation (EBO ) and also refers in some places directly on this. The ESBO goes beyond the particulars of a narrow gauge railways. The aim of the Regulation is to achieve that rail facilities and vehicles are such as to fulfill the requirements of safety and order. These requirements are fulfilled when the rail facilities and vehicles to the provisions contained therein in particular and to the extent that ESBO on certain aspects contains no express provisions, the generally recognized state of the art in general.

Prehistory

Pursuant to § 1, paragraph 3 of the BO of 17 July 1928, the Reich Minister of Transport issued on 25 June 1943, the Railway Construction and Operating Rules for narrow gauge railways ( BOS). She entered, as well as the simplified Railway Construction and Operating Rules for narrow gauge railways, on August 1, 1943 in force. After the introduction of the railway construction and operation (EBO ) in May 1967 it was replaced.