Computer Support for the Railway Safety Management System – First Validation Results

Along with technical progress and fast paced development in China railway, new requirements of inspecting and managing railway safety in a high-level and systematic way is challenging our traditional safety viewpoints. This paper presents an investigation of current safety management mechanism and status in China railway. Referring to the concept of safety management system (SMS), this paper proposes an applicable framework for conducting risk based evaluation principle and safety managing procedures to China railway construction in coalition with existing fundamental regulations. Also key issues that can impact the intrinsic qualities of performing such framework via safety assurance activities with practical safety principle are given.

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Requirements of the 4th Railway Package Towards Safety Management Systems

Journal of Konbin ◽

10.2478/jok-2020-0004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 39-59

Author(s):

Katarzyna Chruzik ◽

Marzena Graboń-Chałupczak

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Management System ◽

Safety Management ◽

Management Systems ◽

The European Union ◽

Safety Management Systems ◽

Legal Requirements ◽

Safety Management System ◽

Railway Safety ◽

Rail Infrastructure

AbstractIn accordance with the new requirements of rail law, from June 2020, a railway undertaking or rail infrastructure manager applying for a single safety certificate/ authorization should demonstrate compliance with the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System (SMS) set out in the Commission delegated regulation (UE) 2018/762. To this end, he should provide proof to the national safety authority or, where applicable, to the European Union Agency for Railway Safety, of the establishment of a safety management system in accordance with Art. 9 of Directive (EU) 2016/798. According to Regulation, the organization should describe the scope of the safety management system, indicating which parts of the business are covered by it, considering legal requirements. The publication attempts to identify necessary changes and additions to hitherto functioning SMS.

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The Development of a Railway Safety Assessment Program in South Korea

2010 Joint Rail Conference, Volume 1 ◽

10.1115/jrc2010-36074 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

H. M. Noh ◽

Y. O. Cho ◽

J. B. Wang

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Management System ◽

Safety Assessment ◽

Development Process ◽

Safety Management ◽

Web Based ◽

Safety Management System ◽

Assessment Program ◽

Railway Safety ◽

Software Program

In this paper, a whole development process of a railway safety assessment program in South Korea is introduced. A railway safety assessment program is a web-based software program to examine safety documents automatically and to support railway safety assessor by providing checklists. The railway safety documents assessed in this program are safety management system (SMS) documents and engineering safety management (ESM) documents. The railway safety documents are examined automatically by software engines and results of the examination are provided to assessors. The program also provides the assessors with document checklists. The railway safety assessment program will become a beneficial web-based program for examining and investigating railway safety documents in South Korea.

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