Risk Assessment in Railway Safety Management

Min An*
*Senior Lecturer in School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
Periodicity:May - July'2007
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.2.4.786

Abstract

The primary aim of the paper is to provide the guidance for railway engineers and operators to employ safety assessment approaches for safety design and maintenance railways. This will support the industry’s efforts to run the rail network with normal service while keeping risks as low as reasonably practicable (ALAPR). A secondary aim is to encourage railway engineers and managers to develop novel safety assessment and management approaches to improve railway safety performance. The methodologies described in this paper can not only be used in railways, but can be also used in design and maintenance for safety for other engineering products.

Keywords

Railway Engineers, as low as reasonably practicable (ALAPR).

How to Cite this Article?

Dr. Min An (2007). Risk Assessment in Railway Safety Management. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 2(4), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.2.4.786

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