Wagons for combined transport - Roller units for horizontal transshipment - Characteristics
NORMA vydaná dňa 1.5.2017
Designation standards: UIC 571-5-1ed.
Publication date standards: 1.5.2017
The number of pages: 20
Approximate weight : 60 g (0.13 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
1st edition, May 2017 - Translation
This leaflet specifies the main characteristics of wagons for combined transport designed for horizontal transhipment. This leaflet is part of "Transhipment techniques in combined transport - Technical conditions for the use of wagons and load units in international traffic".
This leaflet describes wagons with compatibility code B in accordance with UIC Leaflet 596-6.
The wagon compatibility code shows which loading units the wagon is authorised to convey.
The leaflet describes Wagons with compatibility code for the transport of roller units which are to be loaded/unloaded horizontally, and the main characteristics thereof.
Information about compatibility codes, coding principles and the act of coding can be found in UIC Leaflet 596-6.
Information about roller units can be found in UIC Leaflet 591.