Transcript Diapositive 1 - International Rail Safety conference web site

The Rail Sector and the
European Rail Safety
Directive
Simon Fletcher
Senior Safety and Interoperability Manager, UIC
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The agenda
A few words about the UIC
EU Transport policy and legislation
The effect on the rail sector
EU transport policy and safety
The Rail Safety Directive in more
detail
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The UIC in 2007
180 members from all
5 continents
Members are
integrated
railways, rail
transport
operators,
infrastructure
managers, rail
service providers,
public transport
companies,..
Members
Active
Associate
Affiliate
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UIC Mission and objectives
Mission:
At World level UIC will promote rail transport in order to meet
challenges of Mobility and Sustainable development
Main UIC objectives
Facilitate exchange on best practises among members (benchmarking),
Support members in their efforts to develop new business opportunities,
Propose new ways for improving economic
performance of the rail network,
Achieve interoperability, create new world
standards for railways (including common
standards with other modes),
Develop Centres of excellence (technology,
management, training,..).
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UIC Key issues
Environment and Energy
Train Control
Vehicle/Track interfaces
Rolling Stock
Standardisation and Normalisation
Regional Coordination - Asia/Oceania,
Middle East, Africa, Latin America,
North America, Europe
Safety Platform
Operational Risks:
Signals Passed at Danger
Benchmarking of safety
performance
Level Crossings
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The Safety Platform
Policy, People, Process and Performance
• System Safety Management
• Human Factors
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Safety at the operational interfaces
• Safety System Performance
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EU Legislation
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EC transport policy and legislation
Purpose:
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Rail has capacity
Too many lorries on the road (environmental)
Too much national control
Too many “barriers” to freedom of movement
Create a single market for rail transport:
 Competition between rail operators
 Compare with the road transport business model - running
trains freely across Europe
 Contractual relationship with rail Infrastructure managers
 Harmonised system standards (UIC leaflets are only voluntary
and only applicable to UIC members)
 Elimination of rail system ‘borders’
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EU transport policy and legislation
EU legislation a short overview
 Directive 91/440 – 1991
 market opening; business, accounting & charging principles
The 1995 Directives (95/18…)
 capacity allocation, access charging: licensing
The first interoperability directives – 96/48 etc – HS system first
1st Railway Package – 2001 (10 years after 91/440!) – 2001/14 and 2001/16
 infrastructure access (network statement, capacity allocation, access
charging, regulatory body, safety certification); licensing; market opening
 Second Railway Package – 2004
 freight market opening; Safety: European Railway Agency (ERA)
 Third Railway Package – completed 25th September 2007
 driver licensing; passenger rights (passenger market liberalisation - 2010)
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The affect on the rail sector
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Railways – the locomotive of a sustainable economy
A sector perspective
 The European rail business will have arrived in the ´real´ European
market
 Rail customers will be satisfied with the service they receive
 The right legal and economic conditions will be in place
 The environment and safety will be benefiting
 The railway sector will be an attractive employment market
 Public perception will be positive
 We put “bums on seats” and freight in wagons
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Is this really possible or
a “pipe dream”?
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The link with Interoperability – control and energy
systems across Europe
EBICAB 900
EBICAB 700/
L 10000
No electrification
Power rail DC
1,5 kV DC
3 kV DC
15 kV 16
2/ 3
Hz
25 kV 50 Hz
VR
TBL
AWS
ZUB 123
SJ
NSB
3 kV DC/ 25 kV 50 Hz
Control-comand systems
EVR
LDZ
ATB/ATB-NG
DSB
IE
I INDUSI / LZB
LG
NR
BZD
Safety management
is the same!!
TVM/KVB
NS
SNCB/
NMBS
LS 90
PKP
DB AG
UZ
CFL
CD
ASFA/LZB
SNCF
ZSR
ÖBB
SBB/CFF/FFS
SZ
EBICAB 700
RENFE
FS
CP
CFM
MAV
SHP
SNCFR
HZ
ZBH JZ
EVM
BDZ
HSH
OSE
SIGNUM
ZUB 262
BACC/SCMT
INDUSI/
LZB
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Safety and Interoperability: Harmonisation of cross border standards
Not just technical systems!
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What does all this mean
for the safety professional?
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EU Transport Policy and Railway Safety
Railway Safety is a strength (Safety Directive says so!)
• Railway safety standards generally high
• Safety inherent in rail system discipline (although often
to differing degrees!!)
• Safety measures (technology, operating rules)
progressively developed over nearly 2 centuries
• Lessons learnt from accidents
• Safety record and methods compares very favourably
with road transport and other economic activities
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EU Transport Policy and Railway Safety
Railway Safety is also an obstacle!!
• Safety standards a “virtuous barrier” to international
operations
• Different high standards
• Conflicting high standards
• Different national/state management methods and
principles
• Different rules embodied in railway systems
• The EU access model needed a safety management
model
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And so the Railway Safety
Directive was born
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
Chapter I - Approach
• Harmonise the regulatory structure in the Member States
• Define responsibilities in the new institutional framework
• Define common principles for safety management,
regulation and supervision
• Set Common Safety Methods and Targets
• Establish Safety Authorities and Investigation Bodies in each
Member State
Agency Work Programme
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
Chapter II - Development and Management of Safety
• Development and improvement of railway safety
• Art 5 - Common Safety Indicators (broken rails, train
collisions…)
• Art 6 - Common Safety Methods
(“The method to be developed
to describe how safety levels and achievement of safety targets and
compliance with other safety requirements are assessed”)
• Art 7 - Common Safety Targets
(“The safety levels that must at
least be reached by different parts of the rail system[…] and by the
system as a whole, expressed in risk acceptance criteria”)
• Art 9 - Safety Management Systems (“The organisation and
arrangements established by an IM or RU to ensure the safe management
of its operations”)
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
Chapter III - Safety Certification and Authorisation
• Art 10 - Safety certificates for Railway
Undertakings
• Art 11 - Safety authorisation of
Infrastructure Managers
• Art 14 - Placing in service of rolling stock
(cross acceptance)
• Harmonisation of safety certificates
Sector has closely worked with ILGGRI – acceptance criteria
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
Chapter IV – Safety Authority
• Art 16 - Tasks (Authorise rolling stock not yet
covered by a TSI Management of safety certification)
• Art 17 - Decision – making principles
• Art 18 - Annual report
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
Chapter V - Accident and incident investigation
• Art 19 - Obligation to investigate
• Serious accidents (1 death, or 5 serious injuries, or damage
>€2m)
• ‘near misses’ (when appropriate)
• Art 21 - Independent NIB (investigation body)
(IM & RUs obligation to report accidents)
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The EU Safety Directive 2004/49
The Directive presents:
• A common approach
• to who does what
• and to what they have to do
• It lacks the “how”
• Sector is busy proposing some options
An ambitious series of tasks that is keeping the Agency very busy!
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The Safety Directive (2004/49) and The European Railway
Agency (ERA)
Two core objectives in the Safety Directive
• To ensure safety levels do not diminish
• To facilitate access to the rail services market
ERA supported by the rail sector “Representative Bodies”
• Representative structure of support groups to coordinate the sector
position
• Closely linked with the UIC “Safety Platform” professionals
European Railway Agency brings added value
• Formalising what was being done voluntarily by the sector
• Involvement of National Safety Authorities
Main objective - Improve competitiveness of rail transport
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Sector support for ERA – it’s a big job
ERA
Safety Unit
Interoperability Unit
Economic Eval. Unit
ERTMS Unit
CSG
OPE
TAP
CSM
CCB
PAC
CST
CG
LOC
SC
ESG
Cross –sector
Level 1
VM
INS
CSI
ENE
Agency
CMW
RRS
RRS MG
CMW MG
Cross – sector Level 2: TMP
ENE MG
Sector
INS MG
LOC MG
PAC MG
ERTMS Support
Economic exp.
TAP MG
Safety Support
UIC SSMG
OPE MG
Speakers platf.
Cross – sector Level 3
Interop
support
Steering Unit
CER
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Safety Platform
UIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Regional Assemblies and
Management Committees
Plenary Meeting
Support
Team
Also Representatives of
other Forums,
Platforms and
institutions, as
appropriate
Core Group
Advisory Groups
Safety
Strategy
ERA Safety
Support
Safety
Interfaces
Input to
ERA OPE
activity
Human
Factors
Safety
Performance
Occupational
Safety
Input to
ERA CSI
activity
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Some quick publicity!
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The 10th World Level Crossing
Safety and Trespass Symposium
will be held in Paris
June 24th – 27th 2008
www.levelcrossing2008.com
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Thank you
Merci
Dankeschön
Questions??
[email protected]
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Some web addresses
www.uic.asso.fr
ELCRF
-
www.levelcrossing.org/elcf/index.htm
SELCAT - www.levelcrossing.net
IRSC - www.intlrailsafety.com
10th Level Crossing Symposium –
www.levelcrossing2008.com
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