Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsordnung

The Railway Construction and Operation (EBO ) is a regulation for the construction and operation regelspuriger railways in Germany. It does not apply to the construction, operation or use of the railway facilities of a non- public railway infrastructure company.

For narrow-gauge railways, the Railway Construction and Operating Rules for narrow gauge railways ( ESBO ) with similar tasks, applies. Railway signals are subject to the railway signal order.

Content

The Regulation aims to achieve in general that rail facilities and vehicles are designed so that they meet the requirements of security and order. These requirements are fulfilled when the rail facilities and vehicles meets the requirements of the Regulation and, if it does not contain express provisions, the generally recognized state of the art.

The Railway Construction and Operating Rules

• Distinguish between main and branch lines,
• Defines many terms for railway layouts
• Specifies limits and construction guidelines for the superstructure,
• Regulates the construction and operation of numerous other railway facilities such as platforms, level crossings, signals, points, track block devices, telecommunications equipment, etc.,
• Provides the minimum requirements that must be met line vehicles ( including through continuous automatic brake)
• Regulates the roadworthiness beings for railway vehicles
• Regulates the railway operation,
• Includes simplified rules for tracks on which operating exclusively urban railways,
• Sets (eg, health ) requirements for personnel in operational service firm & esp. m.

Unlike according to regulations on the construction and operation of the trams ( BOStrab ) operated trams according to EBO -driven standard-gauge railways in general or from speeds of 40 km / h principle, not by sight, but in the space distance (distance between the Zugfolgestellen ).

For the passenger, the EBO is relevant in this respect, than that they are the " security and order in the area of ​​railway facilities " governs in section 6. This includes with § 62 EBO the " entering and using the rail facilities and vehicles " as well as § 63 EBO the "behavior in the field of railway facilities ." With § 64b EBO " offenses " behavior, such as the training and boarding of vehicles on the wrong side or not for specific locations are explained to offense. The same applies to the opening of doors while the vehicle movement, contaminating of railway facilities and vehicles, etc.

Exceptions to the EBO are possible in individual cases of mandatory rules and for cases expressly provided.

History

Background

In the early days of the railways in Germany issued the railway authorities and Associations own rules governing railway operations. Given the growing diversity of railway undertakings 1850 technical arrangements have been made. Because of the Empire Constitution of April 16, 1871 single farm and railway police regulations for the German railways were introduced. On July 5, 1892 an operational order for the main railways of Germany took the place of these regulations. At the same time standards for the construction, operation and equipment of the railways of Germany and a railway order for branch lines have been adopted.

BO of 1904

The first railway construction and operation order ( BO ) of 4 November 1904, entered into force on 1 May 1905. It replaced the standards and regulations of 1892. Today's EBO based on this regulation, which was adopted by the then Chancellor, Prince Bernhard von Bulow after receiving the approval of the then Federal Council.

The preorder replaced

• The standards for the construction and equipment of the main railways of Germany from July 5, 1892
• The rules of procedure for the main railways of Germany from July 5, 1892
• The railway order for the secondary railways in Germany on 5 July 1892.

It included four systems: boundary of the clear space (A ), bridge traffic load (B) boundary of the vehicles ( C) and wheels (D).

BO 1928

The BO of 1904 was replaced on 1 October 1928 a new BO. Between 1928 and 1967 it was changed to a total of 15 times through ordinances.

As previously significant regulatory reform after the Second World War was paid to the wording of 1 September 1957. Among other things, substantial changes due to higher speeds and electronic control systems were considered. In 1958, the speed limit was raised to 140 km / h.

Technological advances and new insights on the railways led to numerous exemptions. About individual absolutely necessary changes, a total revision of the BO was inevitable.

EBO 1967

With the basic recast now referred to as the EEO Regulation on May 8, 1967, in particular the technical development was taken into account. They came into force on 28 May 1967. The acronym EBO was chosen based on the railway signal order ( ESO).

The recast held, inter alia, Approved codes of practice moving into the EBO. With this general clause was taken into account the fact that in the hitherto more than one hundred year history of the German railways governmental regulation of the rapidly advancing technical developments in the rail sector were no longer adequate. 16 paragraphs of the previous BO fell without replacement. Refit and therefore were removed, among other regulations on water supply systems, turntables and transfer tables. Other provisions, such as the width of the roadbed and the formation of the base, were not included, as they already had the technology regulations and no specific regulation by EBO needed. In consequence of the increasing road traffic beyond the regulations were tightened to level crossings.

The new version also took account of the new constitutional relations. It was adopted in accordance with § 3 AEG by the Federal Minister for Transport and was the result of several years of discussions between representatives of the countries, the DB and the Federal Association of German railways.

With the introduction of EBO should also become a confusing number of exemptions can be lifted. After Previous legal exemptions granted by the end of 1969 lost their validity.

That's the limit derived from the 1928 railway police law of the EBO has been revised in the course of the novella and adapted to the new legal status of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Other changes to the EEO

The first ordinance amending the EEO of 10 June 1969, in force on 1 July 1969. Their main purpose was to supplement the § 64a " offenses ". In addition, the occasion was used to incorporate some changes and corrections ( clarifications ) because in the meantime changed conditions in the EBO. By thus enabled discontinuation otherwise necessary waivers administrative work could be simplified.

The second ordinance amending EBO was adopted on 18 December 1981 and entered into force on 1 January 1982. With it, once the technical development of the railways was taken into account more. A large number of members since 1969 waivers was void. The meantime legally binding introduced SI units also found its way into the EBO.

Currently, the division of Germany was the EEO in the Federal Republic of Germany, but not in Berlin, where their legal basis - the General Railway Act - had not been introduced. In the German Democratic Republic, the EEO was on 17 June 1928. Agreement with the contract, the validity of the EEO to German reunification on 3 October 1990 was extended to the area of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR.

On 17 May 1991, the Third Decree came into force amending the Railway Construction and Operating Rules on May 8, 1991. With her ​​turn, the technical account development and ways to streamline and simplify administration should be worn, as well as increased security requirements. In addition, the room for maneuver of the railway transport enterprises should be extended.

The third change EEO Regulation should enter into force before the scheduled for June 2, 1991 commissioning of the ICE system. The changes were brought together under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transport in a federal-state working group. Its members included representatives of the federal and state departments of transportation, the German Federal Railways and the non-federally owned railways. Initially, an entirely new EBO was intended that these considerations in favor of a (less expensive ) amendment of EEO discarded.

With the third EEO amending regulation include permitted speed for passenger trains of 160 to 250 km / h for freight trains of 100 to 120 km / h was raised and replaced the static approach in the calculation of track distance and clearance by a new movement-related standard track clearance. Deviations from the Approved codes of practice have been made possible under the condition to prove at least equal safety. Newly included, among other provisions relating to the control room and the light vehicle construction, the emergency brake and a ban on height level crossings at more than 160 km / h It was also possible exceptions to the EBO not only in individual cases, but are generally authorized. In addition, the text of the EBO has been streamlined editorial.

By 2005, followed by five further subordinate changes.

On 17 May 2000 commissioned the Transport Committee of the Bundestag, the federal government set up a commission of experts to examine the scope for innovative approaches to EBO. This space should be given in particular in regional traffic to recover traffic shares for the rail. 51 organization were invited to participate in this commission, which produced its final report after three sessions.