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EN 45545-2 — Railway applications: Fire protection on railway vehicles
Part 2: Requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components.
In order to facilitate interoperability of railway rolling stock within Europe, railway rolling stock is constructed to meet the performances specified in several EN standards. The EN 45545 suite describes these requirements, and EN 45545-2 lists all the fire performance requirements and test methods that products must meet to be used in various rolling stock applications — for classification of structural products including flooring, seats, cables and non-listed items.
Almost all the fire tests used were developed by other specialist fire test committees. The performance of all products is determined with respect to flame spread and the amounts of heat, smoke and toxic fumes produced. The test methods are listed below by product group — each links to its canonical test method page.
Table 5 — EN 45545-2 test methods by product group
Structural products (including flooring)
Seats
Cables
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EN 45545-2 requirement sets depend on the product's application and position on the vehicle. Our technical team can confirm the requirement set and hazard level for your product.