This European Standard sets the emission limits from the whole railway system including urban
vehicles for use in city streets. It describes the measurement method to verify the emissions, and gives
the cartography values of the fields most frequently encountered.
The limits refer to the particular measuring points defined in Clause 5 and Annex A. These emissions
should be assumed to exist at all points in the vertical planes which are 10 m from the centre lines of
the outer electrified railway tracks, or 10 m from the fence of the substations.
Also, the zones above and below the railway may be affected by electromagnetic emissions and
particular cases shall be considered individually.
These specific provisions are to be used in conjunction with the general provisions in EN 50121-1.
This part of the standard covers EMC for fixed installations and therefore is not relevant for CE
marking.
BS EN 50121-2:2006 Referenced Document
CISPR 18 Radio interference characteristics of overhead power lines and high-voltage equipment. Part 3: Code of practice for minimizing the generation of radio noise
EN 50121-1 Railway applications - Electromagnetic compatibility - Part 1: General*, 2017-01-01 Update
EN 50121-3-1 Railway applications - Electromagnetic compatibility - Part 3-1: Rolling stock - Train and complete vehicle (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2019)*, 2017-01-01 Update
EN 50121-5 Railway Applications - Electromagnetic Compatibility - Part 4: Emission and Immunity of the Signalling and Telecommunications Apparatus
EN 55016-1-1 Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and methods - Part 1-1: Radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus - Measuring apparatus (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2010)*, 2010-03-01 Update
EN 55022 Information technology equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement (Incorporating corrigendum October 2011)*, 2024-04-18 Update
EN 61000-6-4 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 6-4: Generic standards - Emission standard for industrial environments (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2011)*, 2007-01-01 Update
IEC 60050 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Index
BS EN 50121-2:2006 history
2017BS EN 50121-2:2017 Railway applications. Electromagnetic compatibility. Emission of the whole railway system to the outside world
2015BS EN 50121-2:2015 Railway applications. Electromagnetic compatibility. Emission of the whole railway system to the outside world
2006BS EN 50121-2:2006 Railway applications - Electromagnetic compatibility -Part 2: Emissions of the whole railway system to the outside world
2000BS EN 50121-2:2000 Railway applications - Electromagnetic compatibility - Emission of the whole railway system to the outside world
1970BS DD ENV 50121-2:1996 Railway applications. Electromagnetic compatibility. Emission of the whole railway system to the outside world