What is BS EN 17023 about?
BS EN 17023 is the European standard on railway vehicles that discusses the railway maintenance plan.
BS EN 17023 describes the methodology and the elements to be considered for the creation and modification of a railway maintenance plan, up to the validation.
BS EN 17023 describes general requirements (list of input data, structure, and content) of a maintenance plan.
For the creation and modification of a maintenance plan, BS EN 17023 lists:
- Preparation and selection of documents and input data
- Analysis of input data and development of the maintenance plan up to its validation
- Process to be followed to create a maintenance plan
- Reasons to check a current maintenance plan
- Risk assessment and process to be followed to modify the maintenance plan
- Monitoring conditions (e.g. justification methods, verification, validation, documentation, roles, skills and knowledge).
NOTE: BS EN 17023 applies only to preventive maintenance.
Who is BS EN 17023 for?
BS EN 17023 on maintenance of railway vehicle is useful for:
- Railway operators
- Personnel of railway control systems
- Manufacturers of electric equipment used for railways
Why should you use BS EN 17023?
Each railway vehicle has to be in a safe state of running and achieve performance targets when in service. BS EN 17023 provides the general requirements for railway maintenance plans to ensure the vehicle is in a safe state of running and in good order when released for the beginning of the operation.
BS EN 17023 navigates you through the creation of a maintenance plan and the development of a maintenance plan and risk assessment.
BS EN 17023 provides the steps for the modification of a maintenance plan and justification methods to justify the decisions taken, in order to demonstrate that the performance targets and safety requirements are met.
BS EN 17023 gives recommendations on the skills and knowledge for the organizational roles involved in the process of creation, modification, verification and set in force and validation of maintenance plans.
Overall, BS EN 17023 guides you with the necessary requirements and advantages of railway maintenance to ensure reliable and safe performance of railway providing high effort in terms of time and costs.
