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The Rail Sector and The Rail Sector and

the European Rail the European Rail

Safety DirectiveSafety Directive

Simon FletcherSimon Fletcher

Senior Safety and Interoperability Senior Safety and Interoperability Manager, UICManager, UIC


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

The agendaThe agenda


Members Active Associate Affiliate

The UIC in 2007The UIC in 2007

180 members from all 5 continents

Members are integrated railways, rail transport operators, infrastructure managers, rail service providers, public transport companies,..


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,..).

UIC Mission and objectivesUIC Mission and objectives

Mission:At World level UIC will promote rail transport in order to

meet challenges of Mobility and Sustainable development


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

Operational Risks:

Signals Passed at Danger

Level Crossings

UIC Key issuesUIC Key issues

Safety Platform

Benchmarking of safety performance


• System Safety Management

• Human Factors

• Occupational Health and

Safety

• Safety at the operational

interfaces

• Safety System Performance

The Safety PlatformThe Safety Platform

Policy, People, Process and PerformancePolicy, People, Process and Performance


EU Legislation


Purpose:

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’

EC transport policy and legislationEC 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)

EU transport policy and legislationEU transport policy and legislation


The affect on the rail sectorThe affect on the rail sector

Market opening

Fair intermodal competition

Modern infra-

structureClean

transportmode


Railways – the locomotive of a sustainable Railways – the locomotive of a sustainable economyeconomyA 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


Is this really possible or a “pipe

dream”?


The link with Interoperability – control and The link with Interoperability – control and energy systems across Europeenergy systems across Europe

NR

NS

SNCB/NMBS

PKP

SNCFMAV

SBB/CFF/FFS ÖBB

CD

DSB

SNCFR

BDZ

FS

OSE

NSB SJ

VR

DB AGCFL

JZHZ

SZ

RENFECP

UZ

EVR

LDZ

LG

CFM

BZD

ZBH

ZSR

IE

HSH

EBICAB 700/L 10000

EBICAB 900

ZUB 123AWS

ATB/ATB-NG

TVM/KVB

ASFA/LZB

EBICAB 700

SIGNUMZUB 262

BACC/SCMT

EVM

SHP

I INDUSI / LZB

INDUSI/LZB

TBL

LS 90

No electrification

Power rail DC

1,5 kV DC

3 kV DC

15 kV 16 2/3 Hz

25 kV 50 Hz

3 kV DC/ 25 kV 50 Hz

Control-comand systems

Safety managementSafety managementis the same!!is the same!!


Safety and Interoperability: Harmonisation of cross border Safety and Interoperability: Harmonisation of cross border standardsstandards

Not just technical systems!


What does all this mean for the safety

professional?


EU Transport Policy and Railway SafetyEU 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


EU Transport Policy and Railway SafetyEU 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


And so the Railway Safety Directive was

born


The EU Safety Directive 2004/49The 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


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”)



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


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



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)



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!



The Safety Directive (2004/49) and The European The Safety Directive (2004/49) and The European Railway Agency (ERA)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


Sector support for ERA – it’s a big Sector support for ERA – it’s a big jobjob

ERA

Safety Unit Interoperability Unit ERTMS Unit Economic Eval. Unit

CSM

CST

SC

CSI

TAP

PAC

LOC

INS

CMW

ENE

RRS

CCB

CG

VM

ESG

CER

Steering Unit

Interop support

UIC SSMG

Economic exp.

Speakers platf.

Safety Support

TAP MG

PAC MG

LOC MG

INS MG

CMW MG

ENE MG

RRS MG

ERTMS Support

Cross – sector Level 3

Cross – sector Level 2: TMP

CSG

Cross –sector Level 1

Agency

Sector

OPE MG

OPE


Safety PlatformSafety Platform

UIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Support Team

Plenary Meeting

Also Representatives of other Forums, Platforms and institutions, as appropriate

Safety Interfaces

Advisory Groups

Safety Strategy

HumanFactors

Safety Performance

OccupationalSafety

Core Group

Regional Assemblies and Management Committees

ERA Safety

Support Input to ERA OPE activity

Input to ERA CSI activity


Some quick publicity!


The 10th World Level The 10th World Level

Crossing Safety and Crossing Safety and

Trespass Symposium will Trespass Symposium will

be held in Parisbe held in Paris

June 24June 24thth – 27 – 27thth 2008 2008

www.levelcrossing2008.com


Thank you

MerciDankeschön

[email protected]@uic.asso.fr

Questions??Questions??


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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