We formulate several classes of safety criteria for railway yards in terms of observable behaviour. These criteria are meant to protect trains from collisions and from derailments. We identify a number of safety criteria, and present instances of these classes for the case of the railway yard at station Hoorn–Kersenboogerd. These criteria have all been checked by means of the St̊almarck theorem ...

Railway Stations are prone to emergency due to various reasons and proper monitor of railway stations are of immense importance from various angles. A Petri-net representation of a web-service-based Emergency management system has been proposed in this paper which will help in monitoring situation of train, track, signal etc. and in case of any emergency, necessary resources can be dispatched. ...

Crime on the railways in Britain is an increasing concern for train operating companies, the British Transport Police (BTP), passengers, and local residents. Significantly, rail users consistently perceive their risks from crime to be considerably higher than official crime statistics indicate, having a negative affect on levels of patronage. This article presents an exploratory study of passen...

Recently, according to growth and concentration of population in urban area, congested situations at several railway stations in rush hour become a serious social issue. Therefore, designing the station more comfortably for the passengers has been desired. In other words, in order to mitigate the congested situations, a method measuring crowds flow characteristics should be developed. In this p...

Anti-runaway prevention of rolling stocks at a railway station is essential in railway safety management. The traditional track skates for anti-runaway prevention of rolling stocks have some disadvantages since they are operated and monitored completely manually. This paper describes an anti-runaway prevention system (ARPS) based on intelligent track skates equipped with sensors and real-time m...

The main design criteria of ballasted railway tracks include rail deflections, rail bending stresses, rail wheel contact stresses, sleeper bending moments and ballast sleeper contact pressures. Numerous criteria have been defined for the design of ballasted railway tracks owing to the various mechanical properties of track components and their complex interaction. Therefore, railway track desig...

In the railway domain, an electronic interlocking is a computerised system that controls the railway signalling components (e.g. switches or signals) in order to allow a safe operation of the train traffic. Interlockings are controlled by a software logic that relies on a generic software and a set of application data particular to the station under control. The verification of the application ...

A 30.5km railway will soon be completed that links the Northwestern part of the territory with the metro area of Hong Kong. This HK$46 billion investment in the West Rail projects will form a major railway strategic and territorial development for the coming 20 years of Hong Kong. There are nine stations provided within the alignment of the West Rail, 6 of which are located in the northwestern ...