CORREL Rail - Rolling Stock Independent Conformance Assessment and European Certification

CORREL Rail's rolling stock verification and validation background, together with its role in the development of the new European process, makes it the first choice for Notified Body assessment and certification of rolling stock and interoperability constituents, as well as product and process inspection, RISAS assessments and audits.

CORREL Rail is a leading provider of independent verification, validation and certification services relating to all rolling stock including high speed trains, conventional passenger trains and freight vehicles. CORREL Rail is an accredited Notified Body against the high-speed and conventional rail interoperability directives, and is also accredited to undertake supplier assessments in accordance with the UK RISAS initiative.

Skills and services such as analysis, scrutiny, assessment and audit of rolling stock design, maintenance, software and product, alongside vehicle inspection, form the basis of CORREL Rail's specialist offering.

EUROPEAN INTEROPERABILITY CERTIFICATION

Notified Body, Rolling Stock and Constituents: CORREL Rail are accredited as a European Notified Body (1144) and have developed a unique requirements capture, dissemination, verification and validation process, enabling us to offer third party, second party and our own accreditation and/or certification of rolling stock products from constituents through to completed railway vehicles.

EU Conformity Assessment: CORREL Rail is registered as a competent body against rolling stock European standards under the new European Rules for Conformity administered by AEIF.

Rolling Stock Acceptance: CORREL Rail has been accredited as an independent rolling stock acceptance body in the UK since open access rules were applied ten years ago. The directives now require similar activity across Europe; therefore our depth of experience places us in a leading position for European certification.

INDEPENDENT RAILWAY ASSESSMENT SERVICES

The unique process, developed by CORREL Rail originally as a full rolling stock design scrutiny process, enables us to offer a comprehensive range of non-mandatory, independent assessment services to manufacturers or purchasers. This ranges from verification or validation of individual elements of a project to the complete management of a scrutiny process for design, testing, manufacture and assembly of complete rolling stock vehicles.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive maintenance and overhaul optimisation service that includes scrutiny of maintenance instructions, workflow and critical path analysis, exam balancing, and component and vehicle condition assessment.

ROLLING STOCK AND COMPONENT INSPECTION SERVICES

Amongst the specialist skills required for accreditation as a Notified Body and RISAS regulations are those associated with the detailed inspection of rolling stock products. CORREL Rail also offers these inspection services outside of the European Directive certification process when manufacturers or purchasers require independent inspection for commercial purposes, on a voluntary basis.

Typically we offer these services on:

Vehicles:

• Condition inspection
• Safety examination
• Accident damage inspection

Components:

• Compliance and conformity checks
• Condition inspection
• First article inspections

PROCESS AND PRODUCT AUDITING SERVICES

The European assessment modules allow the alternative approach of certification of processes and procedures used for the manufacture of products, and therefore another key specialist skill required by CORREL Rail is that of auditing and assessment. Again CORREL Rail offers this service separate to Notified Body activity where the manufacturer or customer requires independent verification or validation of a particular process or product to specified criteria. These assessments can be conducted under the auspices of the RISAS initiative where appropriate.

Our proven audit and assessment protocols can be used on a wide variety of processes and products and example areas where CORREL Rail has been involved in auditing are given below:

Products:

• Air-conditioning suppliers
• Bogies and wheelsets
• Brake equipment
• Bodyshell and doors
• Fire systems and fuel tanks
• Traction equipment
• Maintenance and overhaul instructions

Processes:

• Design
• Manufacture
• Safety management system
• Staff competency management
• Quality management system
• Depot maintenance

Software (EN450128 etc):

• Traction control
• Door control systems
• Braking and WSP (Wheel Slide Protection)
• Train monitoring systems
• Speed authorisation systems
• Train tilt control
• Incident recorders

ADDITIONAL SERVICES - RAIL SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND PROCEDURE AUTHORING

In addition to the above, CORREL Rail offers the following complimentary services to the railway industry.

• Safety management system authoring
• Safety case change management
• Procedure authoring
• Hazardous incident management (investigation, reporting and management of close out)
• UK approvals management and advice