Rail Cable & Highway Cable

NR/PS/SIG/00005 Signalling Type C1, C2, C3 Cable

Cable Construction

Conductor	Class 5 tinned conductor
Insulation	EPR (Ethylene Propylene Rubber) Type GP4 according to BS 7655
Screen (C3 only)	AL (Aluminium Tape)
Drain Wire	Type C3 only
Sheath	HDPCP (Heavy Duty Polychloroprene) Type RS2 according to BS 7655
Bedding	PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate)

Dimensions

Cable Type	No. of Cores	Nominal Cross Sectional Area mm²	Minimum Thickness of Sheath mm	Minimum Overall Diameter mm	Maximum Overall Diameter mm	Nominal Weight kg/km
C1	1	2.5	3.8	11.2	14	174
C2	2	2.5	3.8	14.9	18.8	338
C2	4	2.5	3.8	16.4	20.9	450
C2	7	2.5	3.8	18.7	23.7	612
C2	10	2.5	3.8	22.5	28.6	836
C2	6 x 2	0.75	3.8	23.2	29.3	868
C2	12	2.5	3.8	23.2	29.3	909
C2	16	2.5	3.8	25.3	32	985
C3	2+ Drain	2.5	3.8	15	20	341

Class 5 Flexible Copper Conductors for Single Core and Multi-Core Cables
The below table is in accordance with BS EN 60228 (previously BS 6360)

Nominal Cross Sectional Area mm²	Maximum Diameter of Wires in Conductor mm	Maximum Resistance of Conductor At 20ºC
		Metal-Coated Wires ohms/km
0.75	0.4	26.7
2.5	0.26	8.21

The above table is in accordance with BS EN 60228 (previously BS 6360)

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Cable Construction

Conductor	Class 2 stranded tinned conductor
Insulation	EPR (Ethylene Propylene Rubber) Type GP4 according to BS 7655
Sheath	HDPCP (Heavy Duty Polychloroprene) Type RS2 according to BS 7655

Dimensions

Cable Type	No. of Cores	Nominal Cross Sectional Area mm²	Minimum Thickness of Sheath mm	Minimum Overall Diameter mm	Maximum Overall Diameter mm	Nominal Weight kg/km
B1	1	2.5	2	7.2	8.9	34
B1	1	10	2	9.4	11.8	205
B1	1	35	2	12.9	16.1	495
B2	2	1	2	9.9	13	240
B2	2	1.5	2	9.4	12.1	151
B2	2	2.5	2	10.5	13.1	187
B2	2	4	2	13.2	16.3	267
B2	2	10	2	15	18.7	448
B2	2	16	2	16.7	20.9	630
B2	2	35	2.2	22.3	27.8	1520
B2	2	70	2.4	28.8	36	1904
B2	2	95	2.6	33.2	41.5	2885
B2	3	10	2	17.3	20.7	525
B2	3	16	2	19.8	23.2	770
B2	4	0.75	2	10.2	12.8	173
B2	4	1.5	2	10.9	13.7	220
B2	4	2.5	2	11.9	14.8	264
B2	7	0.75	2	11.8	14.7	240
B2	7	1.5	2	12.6	15.8	305
B2	7	2.5	2	13.8	17.2	390
B2	10	0.75	2	14.4	18	345
B2	10	1.5	2	15.6	19.4	405
B2	10	2.5	2	17.1	21.3	565
B2	12	0.75	2	14.8	18.5	350
B2	12	1.5	2	16	20	465
B2	12	2.5	2	17.6	22	570
B2	19	0.75	2	17	21.3	490
B2	19	1.5	2	18.5	23.1	649
B2	19	2.5	2	20.4	25.5	886
B2	27	0.75	2	20.1	25.1	640
B2	27	1.5	2.2	22.2	27.8	880
B2	27	2.5	2.2	24.6	30.7	1225
B2	37	0.75	2.2	22.7	28.4	850
B2	37	1.5	2.2	25.1	31.4	1190
B2	37	2.5	2.4	27.8	34.7	1190
B2	48	0.75	2.2	25.7	32.2	1650
B2	48	1.5	2.4	28.1	35.1	1590
B2	48	2.5	2.6	31.2	39	1980
B2	6 x 2	0.75	2	19.7	24.6	465
B2	6 x 2	2.5	2	23.7	29.6	570

Class 2 Stranded Conductors for Single Core and Multi-Core Cables

Nominal Cross Sectional Area mm²	Maximum No. Of Wires In Conductor						Maximum Resistance of Conductor At 20ºC
	Circular		Circular Compacted		Shaped		Annealed Copper Conductor
	Cu	Al	Cu	Al	Cu	Al	Metal-Coated Wires ohms/km
0.75	7	-	-	-	-	-	24.8
1	7	-	-	-	-	-	18.2
1.5	7	-	6	-	-	-	12.2
2.5	7	-	6	-	-	-	7.56
4	7	-	6	-	-	-	4.7
6	7	-	6	-	-	-	3.11
10	7	7	6	6	-	-	1.84
16	7	7	6	6	-	-	1.16
35	7	7	6	6	6	6	0.529
70	19	19	12	12	12	12	0.27
95	19	19	15	15	15	15	0.195

The above table is in accordance with BS EN 60228 (previously BS 6360)

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