BRITISH STANDARD BS IEC

60050-821:1998

International
Electrotechnical
Vocabulary
Part 821: Signalling and security
apparatus for railways

ICS 01.040.29; 01.040.93; 29.020; 93.100

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National foreword

This British Standard reproduces verbatim IEC 60050-821:1998 and

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This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the IEC title page, pages ii to vi, pages 1 to 251 and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
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This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Amendments issued since publication
Electrotechnical Sector
Committee, was Amd. No. Date Comments
published under the
authority of the Standards
Committee and comes
into effect on
15 May 1999

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