Newsletter 2024 Q4

Here it is!
In front of you is EuroSpec's Q4 2024 Newsletter. It is true that you have not had an update for a while. The EuroSpec was working hard formulating usable specifications. We want to communicate only when there is news. The biggest problem these days is information overflow. We don't want to contribute to that, which is why you will only hear from us when there is really something new to report. And we certainly have that now. No new set of specifications yet, expect these before the end of 2024. This newsletter focuses on - a new download procedure, changes in the steering committee, announcement of the statement, a new EuroSpec product and, finally, an up-to-date schedule for project brief and (new) or renewed EuroSpecs.

Download procedure changed

It is a must for us to make our specifications available free of charge for everyone. In order to improve our support for the users and to get a better understanding of the needs, we have introduced a new procedure for downloading. You don’t need a password anymore. You will once register yourself. And in order to receive the download of the documents you need to be logged in. This was introduced last August. Because of the summer holiday period we didn’t communicate sufficiently about this changed procedure. For help just send an email to info@eurospec.eu

Jens Bauch – representative DB in EuroSpec Steering Group

Jens Bauch is responsible for coordinating the European and International Standardisation activities and participation for DB. In his role, he is involved as delegate in CEN/TC 256 and ISO/TC 269 as well as Head of German Delegation in CLC/TC 9X and IEC/TC 9, including all related SCs. He is Chair of DKE/K 351 (mirror committee to CLC/TC 9X and IEC/TC 9). Jens is also responsible for collecting the STIP contributions for all ERJU Innovation Pillar Flagship Projects and the DAC in the ERJU System Pillar Task4. Other activities include EuroSpec, Coordination Group Railways (COG Rail, former Sector Forum Rail, SFR) as CER representative, and steering committees in regard to harmonisation strategy and organisation.

NEW deliverable – STATEMENT

Before we create a working group on a new topic, we first explore whether the topic offers enough content to create a separate EuroSpec specification for it. This exploration consists of several expert meetings where good and bad experiences from operation or maintenance will be shared. We want to retain the result of this and make it available even if it is insufficient for a Specification document. The results will be summarised in a one- or two-pager. A Statement on Luggage is currently being worked on. A direct link has already been made on the homepage of the Website.