Guidelines to the approval procedure
This guide is intended to assist applicants when reading the regulation JvSFS 2006:1 “Järnvägsstyrelsens föreskrift om godkännande av delsystem m.m.” (The regulations of the Swedish Rail Agency on the approval of subsystems in railways, etc.). The term “subsystem” refers to distinct parts of the railway system, such as wehicle, technical system and railway infrastructure.
JvSFS 2006:1 governs what information forms the basis for approval by the Swedish Transport Agency and when this information must be submitted to the Technical Unit of the Swedish Transport Agency, Department of Railway. This guide provides the applicant with further information about the processes used for approval and about how the Swedish Transport Agency conducts the appraisal (appraisal against standardised rules and appraisal against national rules).
The guide also contains examples and templates (appendices) to make the application process easier for applicants.
Refer to the guide when filling in application forms.
This guide has not been updated for some time. Some modifications has been made that´s not implemented. A new guide is planned for and will be published. For the time being please contact the Railway Department for more information.
Guidelines for review of rail vehicles interaction with the Swedish railway infrastructure
This guideline is a help to the applicant to comply with § 5 paragraph 6, § 8 paragraph 6 and § 12 paragraph 4 of chapter 5 in regulation JvSFS 2006:1 "The regulations of the Swedish Rail Agency on the approval of subsystems in railways, etc".
In the guideline there are references to a number of documents (TSI, standards, BVF, etc.). TSI can be downloaded at another location on the Transport Agency's website, while documents from Banverket and foreign authorities can be downloaded through the links below. The other reference documents can be found at respective organization.
Guidelines for application of TSI in approval of vehicles
These guidelines apply to the application of transition regulations in TSI for the approval of high-speed trains and conventional vehicles. They deal with the application of the rules in TSI Safety in Railway Tunnels [1] and TSI Persons with Reduced Mobility [2]. They also deal with the classification of vehicles as high-speed trains or conventional vehicles.
Guide regarding the requirement on the content of an assessment report of safety-related electronic systems
This guide describes what contents that is expected in an assessment report of a safety-related electronic systems in the railway signaling field. The guide is written for a safety case which is structured according to EN 50129 but it can also be applied for safety cases structured in another way. The guide lays out minimum requirements of what the assessment report should contain and gives guidelines of how the document should be structured.
X-acceptence
National rules applied in conjunction with the authorisation of railway vehicles in accordance to art. 27 of directive 2008/57/EG In Sweden
National reference dokument, Sweden