New GOST standard for reliability testing of freight wagons
7 September 2020
A new national standard GOST 34632-2020 “Freight wagons. Operational reliability test method" came into force from September 1.
The standard applies to new freight wagons that have passed acceptance tests and necessary conformity confirmation procedures or to freight wagons repaired during scheduled repairs, which are intended for operation on public and non-public 1520 mm railway tracks, and establishes an experimental calculation method of operational reliability tests.