UIC classification of railway coaches
Coaches are distinguished according to an internationally standardized by the UIC system, which replaced the former national designations in Germany.
The design and construction of a passenger car is here indicated by the UIC generic characters, this contact ( very important ) and one or more " letters " (lower case ) from a "generic letter" together. At Deutsche Bahn, this category also have three-digit style number. In a broader sense also be required on the wagon UIC wagon number still belongs to the type designation, as reflected in their encoded more technical information such as the speed or the type of heating.
The specification is written usually on the side or on the sole bar of each vehicle.
Genus letters
The beginning of the type name always form one or more generic characters. They refer to the genus of the car:
Letters ( German Bahn AG )
The following indicator species the small letters stand for the equipment and setup of the car. As the letters are occupied, is at least partly in the hands of the respective railway company. This overview adheres to the system of Deutsche Bahn AG:
Letters (Austrian Federal Railways )
The Austrian Federal Railways use different codes for two - and four-axle cars. The following characters are valid genus since 1981 The letters d for double-deck coaches, l for wendezugfähige cars and s for control car will be contacted by a hyphen (example: Bmpz -ds ). .
UIC vehicle number
The full UIC wagon number consists of 12 digits, each digit of car number have it generally has the following meaning:
- 0 = Post and private car and sleeper CIWLT
- 1 = A - seating car, 1st class
- 2 = B - seat car, 2nd class
- 3 = AB - seating car, 1st and 2nd class
- 4 = Ac and ACBC - couchette 1st class couchette 1st and 2nd class
- 5 = Bc - 2nd class couchette coach
- 6 = sleeping cars and cars of special designs
- 7 = sleeping cars and cars of special designs
- 8 = sleeping cars and cars of special designs
- 9 = baggage car
- 0: Postwagen - ie 00
- 6: sleeping cars which have not yet introduced into the international WL pool
- 7: and not yet been codified for the national park - so 06 and 07
- 0: 10 compartments - ie 10
- 7: 7 compartments - ie 17
- 8: 8 compartments - ie 18
- 9: 9 compartments - the equivalent of 19
- 0: 10 compartments - that is, 20
- 1: 11 compartments - ie 21
- 2: 12 compartments - ie 22
- 7: 7 compartments - ie 27
- 8: 8 compartments - ie 28
- 9: 9 compartments - ie 29
- 0: 10 compartments - ie 30
- 1: 11 compartments - ie 31
- 7: 7 compartments - ie 37
- 8: 8 compartments - ie 38
- 9: 9 compartments - ie 39
- 0-2 = Speed up to 120 km / h
- 3-6 = up to 140 km / h
- 7-8 = up to 160 km / h
- 9 = more than 160 km / h
The eighth digit encrypted the heating system.
Example
From the image linked here for a complete type designation of each coach (consisting of country codes holder shortcuts, UIC wagon number, genus character and style number ) example broken: D - DB 50 80 36 - 81040-8 DABpza785.3
D = Germany DB = German Bahn AG 50 = unklimatisierter Inland Transport Coaches ( RIC) 80 = Germany 3 = AB; Car seat first and second class cars 6 = double-deck coaches 8 = up to 160 km / h 1 = electrical heater with 1000V/16.6 (6 ) Hz, 1500V/50Hz, 1500V / = 3500V / = 040 = atomic number 8 = self-check digit D = category letter Doppelstockwagen A = category letter seats in the first class carriage B = category letter seats of the second car class p = code letter conditioned Großraumwagen z = code letter powered train line a = code letter technology -based door clearance procedures 785.3 = style number see also
- UIC type designation system for freight wagons - " UIC -class mark "
- German wagon types
- Rail interoperability
Sources
- Coaches genus characters
- UIC vehicle number, explanation of the 12-digit UIC number of a DB coaches
- Addresses for passenger vehicles
- Designation system for railway vehicles
- List (rail transport )
- Coaches