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The route for user-oriented harmonisation of rolling stock
☆ Newsletter December 2025 ☆
This is the last newsletter of 2025. As a group of railway operators, we have done our job this year. It has been a productive year. A total of five new EuroSpecs have been delivered, three of them have been updated, and one statement has been provided.
This newsletter provides a brief explanation of the EuroSpecs that have been published recently and the improvements we have made to our external communications.
Please forward this newsletter widely within your organization and network. This will help the rail sector become even more competitive.
New harmonized Specifications
In the last period, our EuroSpec teams delivered three new or updated sets of harmonised specifications (login first to download these specifications in pdf or xlsx-format):
This document defines a voluntary common specification for exterior access panels in the rail sector. Its purpose is to harmonise design principles for hatches, panels, and covers on rolling stock, replacing company-specific requirements with a shared reference for tendering and verification. Safety incidents are often caused by human error during maintenance, driven by the wide variety of attachment and locking principles used in modern rolling stock. This EuroSpec provides an integrated framework addressing attachment, handling, detachment, and protection against uncontrolled opening, closing, or loss of exterior access panels, thereby improving safety, reliability, and maintainability.
The updated version of this EuroSpec features some minor changes. The most important improvement is the newly added Application Guidance. This document supports the application of the EuroSpec Seat Comfort specification.
Version 2.0 introduces a revised and updated requirements table, adopts new EuroSpec templates, and updates referenced standards.
Previously published in 2025:
NEW: Bicycles on trains, External Passenger Access Doors, Life-Cycle-Costs for rolling stock, Maintenance Software for Railway vehicles and Luggage (statement)
UPDATE: Parking Noise
EuroSpec – new Linkedin-group
Our specifications are already being used in many countries. This is not limited to Europe. Various publications have already been downloaded more than 500 times.
To inform even more companies about EuroSpec's valuable products, our LinkedIn page has been moved to a new public group where everyone can participate more easily. Click here to join the new group: https://lnkd.in/eBaKnScy
The old group will be closed at the end of December 2025. So, sign up now to make sure you don't miss anything.
Expected soon – updated schedule
At the last Steering Group meeting, the work plan was updated. The following deliverables are expected in the coming months:
HVAC – 3rd Version
Alternative Energy Supply – Hydrogen 1st Version
Requirements Management – 4th Version
Parking Noise – updated version
CCS On-Board – 1st Version
Welding – Statement
Steering Group – Meeting schedule The next meetings of the Steering Group are on: 27th January,23 March, 28 April and 23-24 June.
EuroSpec is open to dialogue with the industry. Either substantive, strategic or organisational, questions can be directed to: contact@eurospec.eu.
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