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Scope

Standardization in the field of railway infrastructure, including areas such as railway tracks, platforms, stations and shunting yards, as well as railway specific needs for tunnels, bridges and other civil works, and addressing: design, construction and installation requirements, testing and conformity assessment of ground equipment as well as maintenance criteria for their entire life cycle.

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23

Published ISO standards *

5

ISO standards under development *

24
Participating members
7
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/AHG 3   Noise barrier Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/AHG 5   Design of continuous welded rail track Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 2   Track quality evaluation Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 3   Rail welding Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 4   Rail construction, maintenance and inspection machines Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 7   Fastening systems Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 8   Track foundation Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 9   Ballastless track systems Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 10   Switches and crossings Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 11   Track works on ballasted tracks Working group
ISO/TC 269/SC 1/WG 12   Track maintenance management Working group

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 269/SC 1

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 269/SC 1:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 17/SC 15 Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets ISO
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise ISO
ISO/TC 44 Welding and allied processes ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 269/SC 1

ISO/TC 269/SC 1 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 9 Electrical equipment and systems for railways IEC
ISO/TC 17/SC 15 Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets ISO
ISO/TC 61/SC 11 Products ISO
ISO/TC 182 Geotechnics ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
UIC International Union of Railways A

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
11 June 2026 Berlin (Germany) ISO/TC 269/SC 1  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 269/SC 1 - Secretariat

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