UIC 502-2:2009-04

UIC Leaflet 502-2 defines the phrase 'outline procedure for exceptional consignments', describes the calculation of route and consignment outlines. UIC Leaflet 502-1 applies for the handling of exceptional consignments in international traffic. UIC Leaflet 502-2 sets down the rules for the codification of the routes for the carriage of exceptional consignments with the outline procedure. Consignments exceeding the loading gauge in accordance with UIC Leaflet 502-1, point 1.2 which do not fulfil any of the other characteristics of an exceptional consignment, are handled under the outline procedure. The critical points including the limitations in accordance with UIC loading directives RIV, Appendix II, Vol 1 Table 21 or 23 may not lie outside the outermost line (9) of the outline procedure described in UIC Leaflet 502-2. In the case of infrastructure managers/railways that have not yet introduced the outline procedure or that have introduced the outline procedure, but whose routes cannot be released for the requested consignment profile, the procedure according to UIC Leaflet 502-1 should be followed. The outline procedure should only be applied for a consignment if it can be used for the entire distance over which the consignment is carried.