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International Railw ay Safety Conference, Båstad, Sw eden September 28th – October 2nd 2009

ENSURING CROSS-BORDER OPERATION WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY

Johnny Restrup-Sørensen Director of Infrastructure Øresundsbro Konsortiet Denmark & Sw eden

Øresund Fixed Link alignment

Free span 490 m Sailing fairway 370 m Free high 57 m

Tunnel portal

Bridge cross section

Tw o countries – tw o technologies

Main differences between Swedish and Danish systems:

• Safety regulations
• Signaling
• Automatic train protection
• Catenary's voltage and frequency
• Rail inclination
• Train radio systems

Other problems:

• Different languages

Railw ay language

Long term: International railway language Short term: Danish & Swedish Important words: Swedish in Sweden and vice versa Simple words: Danish or Swedish Words to be pronounced distinctly and close to the way they are spelled Codes will be used e.g. To identify modes of operation

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Cross-border train operation, the language

Klart för avgång Færdigmelding

“Ready for departure”

Differences between Danish and Swedish signaling systems

Denmark Sweden Norway Stop Stop Stop Proceed and expect Proceed with Drive from/to Stop at next signal high speed divergent track (low speed) Proceed and expect Proceed with Drive from/to 1 green at next signal

• max. 40 km/h

main track (high speed)

Signaling aspects

System border

Change over at one “point” (on the artificial island Peberholm):

• Signaling
• Traffic management
• Regulations
• Radio system
• Automatic train protection
• Remote control of catenary system

Tw o countries – tw o technologies

Peberholm Swedish Coast Danish Coast System border Relay interface DSB 1990 STLV85 Concentrators

Interlocking Systems on the Fixed Link

Operating experience

• Overall safety target met in full
• No accidents or potentially dangerous situations
• 81 incidents in 2001 versus 70 in 2002 and 14 in 2008
• errors relating to rolling stock, e.g. trains with an

erroneous intercommunication system or faulty mobile ATP-equipment

• incorrect or inadequate safety reports between

Danish and Swedish remote control centres or between the remote control centre and engine drivers

• infrastructure errors, primarily track circuit errors

The Øresund Safety Management System

• Senior management commitment
• Safety culture, policy & safety goals
• Safety information
• Hazard identification and risk management
• Establishing a safety reporting system
• Safety assessment/audit
• Accident and incident reporting and investigation
• Recurrent training

The basic safety process

Risk Policy

• Recognize that operation will introduce risks
• Identify all relevant risks
• Strong risk culture among all employees
• Risk acceptance criteria shall be defined
• Risk level reasonable and comparable
• Integrated Safety Management scheme

The four Ps of safety management

Philosophy: Recognizing that there will always be threats to safety; setting the organization’s standards; and confirming that safety is everyone’s responsibility Policy: Clear statements of responsibility, authority, and accountability; development of organizational processes and structures to incorporate safety goals into every aspect of the operation; and development of the skills and knowledge necessary to do the job

Procedures: Clear direction to all staff; means for planning, organizing, and controlling; and means for monitoring and assessing safety status and processes Practices: Following well designed, effective procedures; avoiding the shortcuts that can detract from safety; and taking appropriate action when a safety concern is identified

Human factors in Cross-border operation

Variations in

• Language, communications, culture and social conditions
• Training, selection and assessment of competence
• Infrastructure technology and systems
• Rules, procedures and standards
• Information environment
• Geographical/topographical conditions

Banestyrelsens norms & rules Banverkets norms & rules

Swedish legislation Danish legislation

Kastrup Peperholm Lernacken

Cross-border safety rules and standards

Danish legislation and Danish traffic management

Supplementary, more rigorous and deviating rules

Danish legislation and Swedish traffic management Swedish legislation and Swedish traffic management Ownership Border Ownership Border System Border Area 3 Area 1 Area 2 Territorial Border

Lessons learned

• 1. possible to create a framework for efficient and safe cross-

border rail traffic between Denmark and Sweden

• 2. Extensive training in safety regulations and competence

development in Danish and Swedish language and culture have very likely eliminated possible misunderstandings

• 3. The hazard identification and risk management processes

provide the information needed to control risk at acceptable levels

• 4. The final report for the HUSARE project “Managing the

Human Factor in Multicultural and Multilingual Rail Environments” has shown to be an useful tool

Thank you for your attention

Johnny Restrup-Sørensen Jrs@

• resundsbron.com