TN2316 Iss 1

The technical note aims to inform the industry on handling, storage and the safe maintenance practices of lithium-ion traction battery packs within rolling stock depots when introducing battery vehicles onto the GB mainline railway. 

This technical note is aimed at supporting industry with background information on the use of lithium-ion traction batteries on rail vehicles. It will help support industry in advance of RIS-2781-RST issue one Engineering Design of Vehicles with Traction Batteries and their Dedicated Charging Systems and GOGN3681 issue one Operation of Vehicles with Traction Batteries being published.

It is applicable to: 

• Designers
• Operators of On Track Plant (OTP) and On Track Machines (OTM)
• Railway undertakings (RUs)
• Entities in charge of maintenance (ECM)
• Vehicle manufacturers
• Infrastructure managers (IMs)
• Project entities