Transit and Passenger Rail

The purpose of this guide is to provide a beginner-friendly yet technically rigorous resource for organizations exploring or implementing BEV fleet deployment. The primary objective is to help fleet managers and procurement officers understand what is required to make informed investment decisions, reduce risk, and maximize the benefits of electrification.

The scope is intentionally broad. It covers light-duty vehicles such as passenger cars and service vans, medium-duty vehicles including step vans, box trucks, and vocational trucks, and heavy-duty vehicles such as transit buses, long-haul tractors, and refuse trucks.

1.1 Inclusions

This Technical Specification applies to Class 1 to 8 BEVs.

1.2 Exclusions

This Technical Specification does not apply to personal vehicles, hybrid electric, fuel cell battery electric, hydrogen internal combustion engine.

1.3 Units of measurement

The values given in SI units are the units of record for the purposes of this Technical Specification. The values given in parentheses are for information and comparison only.

1.1 Users

This standard is applicable to a railway entity, an infrastructure manager, or a safety authority that wishes to implement a safety management system or to supervise a safety management system to ensure business objectives are achieved in a safe manner.

1.2 Application

This standard is applicable to railways that are operated for the purpose of transporting individuals in Canada.

1.3 Scope statement

The scope of this document describes the role of supervision by a safety authority and development of a supervision plan to satisfy the objectives of the organization’s safety management system.

Safety authorities give the appropriate effect to overseeing that the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager has and implements effectively its safety management system so that the railway system operates safely. 

1.4 Exclusions

This Standard is not applicable to

a)    amusement railways;

b)    industrial railways; or

c)    heritage railways.

1.5 Terminology

In this Standard, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard.

Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.

Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements.

Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.