Rail System Safety Testing & Certification
Put safety at the heart of your railway operations
Moving people and goods to where they need to go puts the rail industry at the heart of the global economy. Its viability hinges on four critical factors: reliability, availability, maintainability and safety.
Whether you’re a manufacturer, operator or rail authority, TÜV SÜD’s services ensure that you fulfill each of these criteria. We provide a complete end-to-end portfolio of consulting, engineering, testing, certification and training services for conventional and high speed as well as metro and light rail.
Why choose us?
Drawing on our 50 years of experience working on some of the world’s most significant projects, our competencies are further backed by our network of partners, proprietary tools and our very own rail testing facility.
TÜV SÜD’s multidisciplinary experts understand the complexities and interlinking nature of the various rail tasks. They are recognised worldwide as railway safety assessors as well as expert advisors by rail manufacturers, operators and authorities including the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA).
Through our various subsidiaries such as Railcert and SIGNON, TÜV SÜD is a full service partner, providing you a range of service from planning right through to operation. All from a single source.
Your benefits at a glance
- Save time and money – Our dedicated team of experts are committed to increasing safety and adding tangible economic value to your operations by supporting the entire product lifecycle, from the initial planning through engineering to operation and maintenance.
- Minimise risk – Our holistic approach covers the whole railway system, ensuring a safe integration of the entire rail system, including all relevant interfaces, to its operational environment.
- Competitive edge – We provide insight and foresight about national and international standard developments through our experts’ participation in standardisation committees.
- Complete solutions – We offer a comprehensive range of services from the planning stage right through to the final safety assessment.
- Expert partnership – Our experts are recognised by a number of different national and international authorities including more than 300 dedicated engineers with international accreditations.
- Global support – We operate a reliable network of international and local experts in all key markets worldwide, providing you with global knowledge of processes and procedures in the rail sector.
- Transparency – Our unique proactive and pragmatic approach ensures your necessary compliance to all international and national standards cost efficiently.