EuroSpec

EuroSpec, abbreviation for European Specification for Railway Vehicles, is an initiative of several European railway companies with the aim to develop common, explicit technical specifications for train systems and components. The work program includes doors, parking noise, TCMS, seating comfort and the revision of published specifications. The jointly developed specifications support and facilitate the process of purchasing trains. These specifications are not in the competitive domain. The continued application of the EuroSpec methodology and the developed specifications support the standardization of trains and lead to higher quality, support the development of vehicle platforms and provide significant cost savings. As a basis for developing their specifications, EuroSpec partners have developed a "Requirement Management" manual to ensure the necessary consistency between the specifications and their quality. The work started in 2011.
The functional requirements for rail vehicles of the EuroSpec specifications are used in procurement in addition to the technical specifications for interoperability, the EN standards and the national notified technical rules (NNTR).
The EuroSpec consortium does not prepare "European standards" or "international standards" within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012. EuroSpec specifications should therefore be classified as a "technical specification". The EuroSpecs are increasingly used as input for European Standards and Regulations.
Members.
The Eurospec consortium is composed of six European railway companies and the association of railway companies in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The EuroSpec partners in Europe are:
Legal status and location.
The EuroSpec consortium, as a merger of a number of legally and economically independent companies that remain for the temporary introduction of an agreed purpose of the operation, is not the chosen legal form and therefore EuroSpec has no official headquarters either. Informally, the headquarters of the incumbent president is the location.
Published EuroSpec Specifications.
The EuroSpec consortium publishes the specifications in English only. The following have been published, some in several versions) and are free to download from the website: