International Coach Regulations

The International Coach Regulations or RIC (Regolamento Internazionale delle Carrozze) were first agreed in 1922 and covered the international use of railway passenger coaches between European railways.

Today 27 railway companies from all the European countries apart from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Finland are party to the RIC agreement.

The RIC lays down the technical requirements that a coach must meet in order to be used in international services.

In the RIC table painted on the coach the permitted top speed, voltages and maximum current through the collector is stated.

This pool was only used in Western Europe and only contained CIWL and DSG sleepers.