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Rolling stock testing

Independent testing has an important part to play in any assurance regime and Lloyd's Register has the capability to carry out this testing for you.

How we can help

• We are able to perform a broad range of tests thanks to our own measurement services including a measuring laboratory and a measuring carriage based in the Netherlands

• We carry out tests to the highest professional standards, accredited according to EN 17025, aimed at certification

• We provide certification for manufacturers and owners of railway equipment, operators and rolling stock maintenance companies and for infrastructure companies.

What are the benefits?

• Our testing programmes cover all aspects of a train's functionality

• We are an acknowledged test operator for non-certified vehicles in the Netherlands

• Our certificates are valid across international borders

• With offices throughout Europe and Asia Pacific we are close to the sites of key rail manufacturers as well as end-user railway organisations - allowing access at all stages of vehicle development.

Recent projects

• Numerous tests to verify that all the systems present on the Betuweroute - a 160 km, double-track freight rail line stretching from the port of Rotterdam to the German border at Zevenaar-Emmerich - function reliably. The testing and verification process resulted in incremental improvements to the Betuweroute.

• German supplier FTD -Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau AG - approached us for certification of new Protos train sets for the Netherlands, commencement of operations and dynamic testing. We carried out the certification, including brake and running gear tests, as well as noise tests and tests of the pantograph.

• For the Amsterdam-Brussels High-Speed Line, we undertook several infrastructure and rolling stock testing projects for various customers.