Notified Body
 

Railway Approvals Limited (RAL) is appointed by the DfT as a Notified Body (No.1125) against EC directives 96/48/EC* ‘Interoperability of the trans-European High-speed rail system’ and 2001/16/EC* ‘Interoperability of the trans-European Conventional rail system’ (*subsequently modified by 2004/50/EC ‘Railways Amendment Directive’).

Our Notified Body (NoBo) conformity assessment system is designed to ensure that any such certification work is carried out in accordance with The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006, the supporting guidance documentation produced by the Department for Transport, Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI’s) and Notified National Technical Rules (NNTR).

We can undertake NoBo assessment and certification work within the scope of our appointment as follows:

High Speed Subsystems/Constituents

  • Rolling Stock*

Conventional Subsystems/Constituents

  • Priority 1
    • Freight Wagons
    • Noise
  • Priority 2
    • Passengers with Reduced Mobility
  • Priority 3
    • Passenger Carriages
    • Telematics Applications for Passenger Services
    • Traction Units and Locomotives*

      *including the fitment of train-borne Co-Co-Sig and Energy constituents.
  

NoBo Certification work is undertaken in accordance with the principles of EN45011 (Bodies operating product certification systems) and EN45012* (Bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems) in order to work to the corresponding assessment modules in the TSI's.

This is summarised below:

EN45011 Scope NoBo Conformity Assessment Module
Type testing or examination B, SB Type examination
(Sample) Testing/inspection F SF Product Verification
Design appraisal H2, SH2 (part) Design examination

EN45012 Scope NoBo Conformity Assessment Module
Quality system certification/registration D, SD Production Quality Assurance
Quality system certification/registration H2, SH2 (part) Full Quality Assurance

*note – this standard has now been superseded by ISO17021