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Review of Practices of Safety Assurance in Chinese Railway – Evolvement Post-Accident

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A paper which examines the lessons learned from Wenzhou semi high-speed line accident in 2011 and the risks which come with fast development and ever-growing complexity of the railway. The paper looks at the journey the rail industry took in adopting CENELEC standards and international practices from the perspectives of the supplier, the third party and the regulator.

Year of Publication: 2015

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The Technology of People

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A paper describing how Transnet Freight Rail introduced new locomotives and new technologies. Operational readiness included interventions for employees involved in all aspects of introducing new assets. The human-machine interface is significant and has to be carefull manged. The paper shows that if properly planned and managed, legacy and modern systems can coexist.

Year of Publication: 2015

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Predictive Risk-based strategies to manage safety

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A paper which describes the differences between conformance and performance based risk strategies and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each. The paper concludes that conformance to standards and regulations are rquired to maintain the current safety status and that the idea that risk-based regulation should replace compliance-based regulation is incorrect.

Year of Publication: 2015

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Preventing Level Crossing Accidents

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A technical paper which raises awareness of the safety improvements that are available for rural or isolated crossings where power is not available or is intermittent. The author demonstrates the ability to reduce the amount of accidents at crossings if a manual gate or barrier is in place by 80%. The solar power operated gate opening (POGO) system is also described.

Year of Publication: 2015

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Layout of Driver’s Cab in Asian Rail Vehicle

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A paper which introduces the results of research into the definition of requirements for the design layout of an Asian Driver’s locomotive cab. Asian driver’s sizes were analysed and Asian anthropometric averages drawn out to build up a driver’s model. Using this data, computer aided design and simulations were created.

Year of Publication: 2015

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