GB/T 12817-2021General technical specification for railway passenger car (English PDF)
铁路客车通用技术条件
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
March 9, 2021
Implementation date
October 1, 2021
Scope
GB/T 12817-2021 is the English-translated version of 铁路客车通用技术条件.
China's national general technical specification for railway passenger coaches. It is the umbrella document for the locomotive-hauled passenger fleet - the conventional coaches that still carry an enormous share of Chinese rail travel alongside the high speed trainsets - and it fixes what any coach must be, whatever its class or builder.
That reach is the point of a general specification: a coach runs in trains made up of vehicles from different works and different decades, over a network that spans forty degrees of latitude, and everything from its coupler height to its brake behaviour to its electrical supply has to match the vehicles around it.
The specification covers the body structure and its strength, the running gear, the braking, the electrical and air conditioning systems, the interior fittings and the fire safety requirements, together with the tests that prove them.
It is the document a procurement contract references and the one against which a new design is accepted.
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Document preview — GB/T 12817-2021
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 45.060.20
- Classification
- S50
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Basic requirements
- 5 Requirements on the materials
- 6 Structure and performance of the parts
- 7 Painting and marking
- 8 Inspection methods and inspection rules
- Annex A (normative) Limit deviations of the main dimensions of the car body steel structure and limits of the unevenness of the outer surface
3 Terms and definitions
4 Basic requirements
5 Requirements on the materials
6 Structure and performance of the parts
7 Painting and marking
8 Inspection methods and inspection rules
Foreword
This document was issued on 9 March 2021 by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China, and has been in force since 1 October 2021.
It replaces GB/T 12817-2004.
Classification: ICS 45.060.20, CCS S50.
About this edition
GB/T 12817-2021 is the current edition. It was issued on 9 March 2021 and has been in force since 1 October 2021, replacing GB/T 12817-2004.
GB/T 12817-2004 has been superseded: a specification that still cites it is citing a withdrawn edition.
The interval between issue and effect is the transition period. It exists so that producers, laboratories and buyers can requalify products, revise procedures and use up documentation before the new text becomes the one that applies. The date on this page is the official one from the record of the Standardization Administration.
Classification and status
GB/T 12817-2021 is classified under ICS 45.060.20, in the field of railway engineering. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.
Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS S50. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.
The GB/T prefix marks a recommended national standard. It is not, in itself, law: it becomes binding when a contract names it, when a regulation or a mandatory standard refers to it, or when a producer declares conformity with it. In practice that covers most of the cases in which it will be read - a purchase specification, an inspection agreement or a certification scheme.
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This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 13 pages — is available in the English PDF.
Referenced standards
Cited by
- GB/T 44409.2-2026Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for rolling stock - Part 2: Thermal comfort
- GB/T 12818-2021Rules for the inspection and testing of railway passenger cars after completion of construction
- GB/T 32383-2020General technical specification for linear motor vehicles for urban rail transit
- GB/T 25021-2010Track inspection car
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Editions of GB/T 12817
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 12817-2021 | General technical specification for railway passenger car | current edition | Current |
| GB/T 12817-2004 | General technical specification for railway passenger car | previous edition | Superseded |
| GB/T 12816-2006 | The limiting value and measurement method for the interior noise in the railway passenger coach | merged into this edition | Superseded |
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