Railway product certification

Our railway product certification uses robust and accredited processes based on our Notified Body activities to demonstrate compliance against a range of international railway standards.

Our railway product certification uses robust and accredited processes based on our Notified Body activities to demonstrate compliance against a range of international railway standards.

How we can help
Our approach is based around our unique and proven interpretative protocols which provide guidance to assessors and clients on the requirements of a standard, and how to demonstrate compliance. Some European standards are large and complex and this approach helps to ensure consistency and clarity. The evidence for compliance is gathered into a Technical File which forms the basis for certification.
We will typically carry out a preliminary assessment to give confidence to all parties that the product, system or process is likely to achieve certification. This will typically be followed by a period of audit, review of design documentation and witnessing of tests. We adapt our approach to use existing evidence of compliance or certification whenever possible.
There are times when the most cost-effective approach to independently assuring a product or system is to inspect the item at key stages of manufacture and on completion using specialist inspectors, often in your own factory.

What are the benefits?
Our certificate of compliance provides increased confidence to your customers of your product's ability to satisfy, or exceed, their requirements. It shows a commitment to safety and offers the potential to compete on quality and not just price.

Recent projects
• For Westinghouse Rail Systems, UK, we performed the generic product Independent Safety Assessment for a Distance To Go Radio train control and protection system. We then extended the assessment to provide a certificate of compliance against EN50129, the European Norm for covering Safety Related Electronic Systems for Railway Signalling.
• For Huawei Industries, PR China, we carried out the certification of their GSM-R train radio system against the European Standard EIRENE.