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Standardization of all systems, products and services specifically related to the railway sector, including design, manufacture, construction, operation, and maintenance of parts and equipment, methods and technology, interfaces between infrastructure, vehicles and the environment, excluding those electrotechnical and electronic products and services for railways which are within the scope of IEC/TC 9.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 8 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
39

Published ISO standards *

of which 3 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 269

31

ISO standards under development *

of which 6 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 269

29
Participating members
11
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 269/SC 1 Infrastructure Subcommittee
ISO/TC 269/SC 2 Rolling stock Subcommittee
ISO/TC 269/SC 3 Operations and services Subcommittee
ISO/TC 269/AG 7   Migration strategy Working group
ISO/TC 269/AG 17   Strategic liaison group Working group
ISO/TC 269/AHG 2   Rail vehicle hydrogen refueling equipment Working group
ISO/TC 269/CAG 1   Chair’s Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 269/WG 5   Railway quality management system Working group
ISO/TC 269/WG 6   Fire protection Working group
ISO/TC 269/WG 8   Platform barrier systems Working group
ISO/TC 269/WG 9   Wheel-rail contact geometry Working group
ISO/TC 269/WG 10   Terms and definitions Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 269

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 269:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 9 Electrical equipment and systems for railways IEC
ISO/TC 17/SC 15 Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets ISO
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise ISO
ISO/TC 92/SC 1 Fire initiation and growth ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 4 Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 197/SC 1 Hydrogen at scale and horizontal energy systems ISO
ISO/TC 268/SC 2 Sustainable cities and communities - Sustainable mobility and transportation ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 269

ISO/TC 269 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 9 Electrical equipment and systems for railways IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 17 Steel ISO
ISO/TC 17/SC 15 Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets ISO
ISO/TC 43 Acoustics ISO
ISO/TC 43/SC 1 Noise ISO
ISO/TC 44 Welding and allied processes ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 2 Measurement and evaluation of mechanical vibration and shock as applied to machines, vehicles and structures ISO
ISO/TC 108/SC 4 Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems ISO
ISO/TC 197 Hydrogen technologies ISO
ISO/TC 204 Intelligent transport systems ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities ISO
ISO/TC 268/SC 2 Sustainable cities and communities - Sustainable mobility and transportation ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
UIC International Union of Railways A
UIP International Union of Wagon Keepers a.i.s.b.l. A
UNIFE UNIFE - The European Railway Industries A
ERA (European Railway Agency) European Railway Agency B
OSJD Organization for Co-operation between Railways B

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
4 April 2025 Virtual () ISO/TC 269/SC 2  
17 June 2025 Beijing (China) ISO/TC 269/SC 1  
18 June 2025 Haidian District (China) ISO/TC 269/SC 2  
19 June 2025 Hai Dian Qu (China) ISO/TC 269/SC 3  
20 June 2025 Haidian District (China) ISO/TC 269  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 269 - Secretariat

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