The European Union Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) for high-speed passenger rolling stock mandate the use of Scharfenberg Type 10-compatible couplings.
Some research has been undertaken to choose an automatic freight coupler compatible with the Soviet one, but owing to widescale replacement cost, no action has been taken to implement the conversion, except for some trial installations.
This standard would need to be revised to allow for the unforeseen development of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes.
The railroads in North America, except for mass transit, form one unitary system, and uniformity of couplers is important for smooth interchange of rolling stock.
Railways in Central and South America are fragmented by gauge, geography, and financial and technical heritage.
The Norwegian coupling was the most common type of couplers used on the railways of the Dutch East Indies and later Indonesia.
Today's Philippine National Railways, which succeeded the Manila Railroad, also uses Janney couplers for all of its rolling stock.
[citation needed] Starting in the 1990s, both Scharfenberg and Shibata couplers are being adopted on electrified rapid transit lines in Metro Manila.
In the future, Shibata couplers are also expected for use on the MRT Line 7, the Metro Manila Subway, and the North–South Commuter Railway (NSCR).