Ministry of Transport issued new circular on quality inspection of railway vehicles

Circular 01 regulates the inspection and certification of technical safety and environmental protection quality for equipment used on railway vehicles, and railway vehicles during production, assembly, import, modification, and periodic inspection for operation on national railways, urban railways, specialized railways with rail connections to national railways, and specialized railways not with rail connections to national railways that pass through residential areas or intersect with roads.

According to Circular 01, the types of technical safety and environmental protection quality inspections include: Production and assembly inspection; Import inspection; Modification inspection; and Periodic inspection.

Specifically, production and assembly inspections are carried out on newly manufactured and assembled equipment and vehicles; import inspections are carried out on newly imported equipment and vehicles, and on imported used vehicles; and modification inspections are carried out on vehicles operating on national railways and vehicles operating on specialized railways.

According to Circular 01/2024 regulating the inspection of technical safety and environmental protection quality of railway transport vehicles, the inspection cycle for locomotives and carriages is stipulated according to the operating time (Image: illustration).

Periodic inspections are carried out on vehicles running on national railways, vehicles running on dedicated railways, vehicles running on urban railways, and train tail signaling equipment.

Periodic inspection cycles are clearly defined according to vehicle types and operating time. For example, for imported and newly manufactured and assembled vehicles on national railways and urban railways, the inspection cycle for locomotives and self-propelled specialized vehicles is 18 months, for passenger cars is 28 months, and for freight cars and non-self-propelled specialized vehicles is 36 months.

For vehicles that have been in operation on national railways for less than or equal to 30 years from the year of manufacture, the periodic inspection cycle of locomotives and self-propelled specialized vehicles is 18 months, of passenger cars is 14 months, of freight cars and non-self-propelled specialized vehicles is 20 months.

For vehicles that are over 30 years old from the year of manufacture and still have a service life, the periodic inspection cycle for locomotives and self-propelled specialized vehicles is 15 months, for passenger cars is 12 months, and for freight cars and non-self-propelled specialized vehicles is 15 months.

For vehicles that have been in operation on urban railways for less than 30 years from the year of manufacture, the periodic inspection period for self-propelled specialized vehicles is 18 months, for urban railway carriages is 14 months, and for non-self-propelled specialized vehicles is 20 months. For vehicles that have been in operation for more than 30 years from the year of manufacture and still have a service life, the periodic inspection period for self-propelled specialized vehicles is 15 months, for urban railway carriages is 12 months, and for non-self-propelled specialized vehicles is 15 months.

Circular 01 also stipulates that vehicle owners and operators are responsible for inspecting the operational condition of their vehicles to ensure technical safety and environmental protection before participating in traffic; and are responsible for repairing and maintaining the vehicles to ensure compliance with national technical standards on technical safety and environmental protection between inspections by the inspection agency...

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/bo-gtvt-ban-hanh-thong-tu-moi-ve-kiem-tra-chat-luong-phuong-tien-duong-sat-192240131145300991.htm