Transcript Rail Safety Korea

Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation Working
Group Meeting, Brisbane, Australia
13-17 June 2011
Title: Railway Safety Plan
in Korea
Name: Sanglog Kwak, Sungbae Yoon, Kwanghag Choi
Organisation: MLTM, KRRI
Economy: Republic of Korea
Thirty Fourth APEC Transportation
Working Group Meeting, Brisbane,
Australia , 13-17 June 2011
Railway Safety Status in Korea
• 3.9 billion passenger moves 60 billion passenger-km
• 194 million train km in 2010
• 12 TOCs operate 92 lines(4,200km)
• Korail© operate 74 lines(3,600km)
• 11 Metro operating company operate 18 lines(600 km)
- Among 695 metro station, 419 station install
platform screen doors(no fatalities occurs at this stations)
- 504 underground station
• 1,174 station, 1,313 level crossing(92% install auto. barrier)
• 57,000 staff work on railway operating companies
• 135(include 59 suicide fatalities) fatalities occurs
• No passenger fatalities occurs in recent 5 years
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Railway Safety Statue in Korea
• Based on “Railway Safety Act 2004”
- 77 Railway Safety Measures, 1bil USD/yr.
- 55% Reduction in accident rate
(3.68  1.64/mil km)
- 46% Reduction in accident fatalities
(249 fat./yr  135 fat./yr, include suicide)
• Rail Passenger increase 1~2% every year
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• Rapid Progress in Railway Safety
• Accident fatalities occurs from(2010) : Total 135 persons
- No train accident fatality occurs from 2005
- Attempt suicide : 44% (59 persons)
- Trespass : 25%(36 persons)
- Level Crossing : 3%(4 persons)
- Staff at work : 8%(11 persons)
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Australia , 13-17 June 2011
Korean Railway Safety Act 2004
• Safety Planning (include Emergency Action Plan)
• Competency Management for Safety Critical Work
• National wide railway safety program
- Safety standard for rolling stock, infrastructure, etc…
- Safety Certification for major components
- Safety Inspection, Risk Management
- Construction of SMS & Safety Case approval
• Safety Technology R&D
• Accident Investigation
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The 1st Railway Safety Plan(2006-2010)
•77 measures for major accident prevention
• Requirement for safe operation of the railway system
• Environmental change for railway safety issue
- Privatization of railway industry
- Operation of High Speed Train
- Electrification of Conventional Railway System
• Safety Issue and limitations on safety
• Accident analysis & Risk analysis
• Invest 5 billion US$ for 5 years : focus on H/W
• 40% accident reduction target in 5 year
• Establish detailed background of Railway Safety Programs
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Environmental Changes
• High Speed : More tunnels & Bridges are constructed
-KTX Line : Tunnel 30%, Bridge 30%
-Normal Line : Tunnel 10%, Bridge 8%
-Metro Line : Tunnel & Bridge 80~90%
• High Density : More Passenger & Train
Less Maintenance Time
• Aging Society : 12% of total passenger(more than 65 yr)
• Increase of Railway Operating Companies : 11  17 TOCs
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Current Safety Issues in Korea
• Trespass & Vandalism
• Natural Disaster
(flood, heavy rain, severe cold, strong wind, thunderbolt)
• Small TOCs with small safety management organization
• Safety Certification System
• Setting up New Safety Management System(Risk based SMS)
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The 2st Railway Safety Plan(2011-2015) &
Transportation Safety Plan(2012-2016)
• 10% reduction of accident rate in 5 year
• 33 measures for accident prevention
• Renforcement of Safety Management
• H/W investment  S/W development(such as SMS)
• Safety Regulation  Safety Certification
• Competency Management  Human Factors Management
• Result Management  Cause Management
• Invest 2 billion US$ for 5 years : focus on SMS
• Establish detailed background of Railway Safety Programs
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Key Safety Measures(2011-2016)
Safety Management
• Establishment of Risk Based SMS
• Sharing of Safety specialists & information
within Railway industry
• Competency for Safety Critical Works
• Efficient Safety Management using IT(Information Tech.)
• Safety Certification
• Track security and trespass hot-spot management
• Prevention of Safety Devices Abuse
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Key Safety Measures(2011-2016)
Staff Management
• Communication within organization
• Train drivers’ human error prevention
• Technical support for safety work
(accident investigations, SMS, Risk analysis …)
• Working environment change
• Upgrade Training System
: Using simulators for emergency training
• Emergency Response Training(include. Manuals)
• Track Worker’s safety
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Key Safety Measures(2011-2016)
Railroad Infrastructure
• Platform safety device
(Screen Doors, Emergency Button, etc…)
• Passenger Crowd Management
• Minimize hazardous environment in station
• The handicapped passenger safety in station
• Track security
• Level crossing safety : Intelligent signal, over-bridge, barriers
• Maintenance
• Reliability on Signaling & Power Supply system
• Fire safety in Tunnel and station
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Key Safety Measures(2011-2016)
Rolling stock safety
• Maintenance Error control
• Renovation of Maintenance house
• Old rolling stock management (diagnosis, spare part)
* Safety measures on Rolling stock safety are finished by 2009
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Key Safety Measures(2011-2016)
Railway safety R&D and AD
• AD. to the people and support safety information
• Support Safety volunteer (passengers)
• R&D on Safety Training System on staff
• Testing Track construction
• Major accident prevention and mitigation R&D
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Collaborate items
• Sharing railway safety information
- Common safety indicators (similar to ERA)
• Railroad & Rolling stock safety standards
• Effect of various safety measures
Ex) Platform screen door, emergency bell, fire extinguisher,
CCTV…
• Exchange of railway safety personnel
• Accident investigation reports
• Guiding Sign at railway station
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• Various guiding sign at railway stations in Korea
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Thank you.
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