Buffers and chain coupler

Coupling for railway vehicles Screwlink coupler and buffers – the UIC de facto standard in the EU and UK – on a British diesel locomotive Part of a series onRail transport History Company types Infrastructure Management Rail yard Station list Tramway track Green track Reserved track Railway track Gauge Rolling stock Bogie/truck Couplings Freight Locomotives Multiple units Passenger train Commuter High-speed Inter-city Regional Railroad cars Trains Maglev Industrial Rack railway Funicular Urban rail transit Tram History Cable car Rubber-tyred Light rail Tram-train Monorail History Interurban Rapid transit Light metro History Automated Other topics Accidents Attractions By country Companies High-speed trains Longest train services Modelling Museums Operating Railway speed record Subsidies Terminology (AU, NA, NZ, UK) Transport portalvte Buffers and chain couplers (or couplings) – also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", and "screwlink" – are the de facto International Union of Railways (UIC) standard railway coupling used in the EU and UK, and on some railways in other parts of the world, such as in South America and India, on older rolling stock. Buffers and chain coupler