《TSI SAFETY IN RAILWAY TUNNELS》.pdf

TSI SAFETY IN RAILWAY TUNNELS BY PETER ZUBER, AEIF (EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR RAILWAY INTEROPERABILITY) slide 1 PRESENTATION TO EUROPEAN RAILWAY INTEROPERABILITY - CHALLENGE FOR NEW EU MEMBER STATES WARSAW, 25-26 JANUARY 2005 The writing of TSIs by AEIF is partly funded by the EC. This presentation does not engage the EC. slide 2 Risks in tunnels Risks in tunnels are smaller than on open lines (no trees, no shunting, no level crossings… But the consequences of an incident could be disastrous (fire, dangerous good) Public opinion reacts more vividly to accidents with a high number of fatalities: railways have to retain every reasonable measure to prevent or mitigate such events, such allowing for Risk Aversion slide 3 Statistics Europe: 3800 tunnels with a total length of 3700 km on 100’000 km of railway lines (3.7 %) Italy: 2000 tunnels, total length 10.8% of the railway net Poland: 26 tunnels, total length 0.1% of the railway net Most railway tunnels in Europe are old, a great part of them has been built between 1880 and 1950 and is still in service Every year 5-10 new railway tunnels longer than1 km will be opened in Europe 2005-2015 slide 4 slide 5 Stringent national regulations for new tunnels Tunnel safety is ruled by national legislations Accidents in road and rail tunnels during the last 15 years have led many state authorities to raise the safety requirements for new tunnels