TÜV Rheinland Global Rail – Grater China / Asia Pacific

TÜV Rheinland is active in the region Greater China & Asia Pacific since 1980s, with the first office in Taiwan in 1986. It grows very fast during the past decades. Up to 2016, the employees are expanded to 3700 in Greater China only.

TÜV Rheinland starts its Rail related services in this region since 2000s, with first feet in Shanghai, in compliance with the rapid rail development in China. The following subsidiary offices had established competence for rail services:

• Greater China: Shanghai / HongKong / Taipei/Beijing / Dalian / Nanjing / Chongqing
• Asia Pacific: Korea / Japan / Singapore / Malaysia / Indonesia / Philippine

TÜV Shanghai is the first body in China who had obtained the accreditation from CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment) on ISO/IEC 17020 Type A qualification, covers Independent Safety Assessment for rail related systems.

• Independent services for clients in the government and private sectors ensure that rail Products and systems meet international safety and quality standards
  • Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)
  • Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
  • Independent Checking Engineer (ICE)
• ISO/TS 22163( IRIS) certification ensures that your system meets international railway industry standards
• TSI (EC) certification in accordance with European Directive 2008/57/EC opens the door to European markets for your railway products
• Welding certification helps your welding process and welders to meet internationally recognised quality standards such as EN15085-2
• Functional safety engineer training and certification ensures that your functional safety staff meet internationally recognised quality standards such as ISO 61508

• Engineering consulting for overall systems
  • Feasibility studies
  • Lifecycle Cost (LCC)
  • E&M systems (rolling stock, signalling, communication, power supply)
  • Civil structures (stations, tunnels, guideways)
  • Others
• System assurance to achieve safe and reliable railway systems
  • Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety (RAMS)
  • Verification and Validation (V&V)
  • Software assurance
  • Safety assurance
• Project management for all phases of the project lifecycle, including system integration and commissioning management.

• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing
• Metallurgical testing (failure investigation, material evaluation)
• Electrical safety testing
• Others