{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1299/annex/appendix-J",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1299/annex/appendix-J.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1299",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 of 18 November 2014 on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to the ‘infrastructure’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1299",
  "path": "annex/appendix/J",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "J",
  "heading": "Safety assurance over fixed obtuse crossings",
  "text": "(J.1)\nThe fixed obtuse crossings should be designed in order not to have a too long unguided length. In obtuse crossing check rails cannot be constructed to assure guidance over the whole length. This unguided length can be accepted up to a certain limit, defined by a reference situation defining:\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(J.2)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(J.3)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(J.4)\nThe following graphs allow simple verification of unguided length for specific situation with different crossing angles, height of check rail and different crossing curvature.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(J.5)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nFigure 8\nMinimum wheel diameter against crossing angle for 450 m radius of obtuse crossing\n1 Minimum wheel diameter [mm]\n2 N for crossing angle tangent 1 in N\n3 Height of check rail [mm] (Z3)\nFigure 9\nMinimum wheel diameter against crossing angle for straight obtuse crossing\n1 Minimum wheel diameter [mm]\n2 N for crossing angle tangent 1 in N\n3 Height of check rail [mm] (Z3)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1299/annex/appendix/J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:06.707531+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}