Loading Guidelines
Verladerichtlinien / Règles de Chargement (updated April 1, 2022)
Safety of loading in freight transportation is a shared concern by all actors in the rail logistics supply chain: RUs, carriers, consigners/shippers.
The UIC Code of practice for the loading and securing of goods on railway wagons is a reference for a safe loading; the volume 1 (Principles) contains the mandatory requirements to be observed for the safe loading and securing of goods and the volume 2 (Goods), loading guidelines for specific types of goods, developed in compliance with the Principles set out in volume 1 on the basis of tests in practice.
also available on the ETF website.
LOCA
Line categories / Catégories de lignes / Streckenklassen
Each RU designates a standard line category that correspond to the majority of its lines open to international traffic and exceptions:
3.1_Lines categories
Please find the explanation guide:
Explanation_Loca_fr_de_en
The RUs shall send to UIC for publication the data on the railway lines they use; only a few such lists are currently available:
Loading examples (currently under construction)
Verladebeispiele (derzeit überarbeitet) / Exemples de chargement (actuellement en cours de refonte)
The publish colour-coded loading examples cover other types of loading or wagons fitted with special securing devices. Blue and rosa are listed in the following table, are available according to conditions mentionned in the current version of Loading Guidelines:
Übersichtstabelle | tableau récapitulatif | Overview table |
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in arbeit | en travaux | work in progress |
Stand 22.04.2022 | Etat : 22/04/2022 | Status 22/04/2022 |
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