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Chris Carr Deputy Director Rail Standards & Safety

Ferroviaire Sans Frontieres The Association of Railway Industry Occupational Physicians 30 th June 2008. Chris Carr Deputy Director Rail Standards & Safety. Why?. Why are we really harmonising the Railway System?. Seeking Economies of scale.

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Chris Carr Deputy Director Rail Standards & Safety

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  1. Ferroviaire Sans FrontieresThe Association of Railway Industry Occupational Physicians30th June 2008 Chris Carr Deputy Director Rail Standards & Safety

  2. Why?

  3. Why are we really harmonising the Railway System? • Seeking Economies of scale. • Reducing the cost of operating and the cost of change. • Improved international passenger and freight flows. • Sustainable solutions

  4. Why are we really harmonising the Railway System? • Seeking Economies of scale. • Reducing the cost of operating and the cost of change. • Improved international passenger and freight flows. • Sustainable solutions

  5. Where we were, where we are & where we need to be. A Harmonised Single Railway System supporting a sustainable transport system

  6. …but with innovation and flexibility.

  7. Harmonising beyond the Technology TSI OPE Networks & Peer Reviews People Licensing CSMs Interoperability (TSIs) Rules Kit European supporting stds Safety Management Systems

  8. Getting the Balance Right • Safe & Viable solutions • Risk vs. Rules • Appropriate level of specification • Evidence based decision making

  9. Relative Safety across Europe European trends in passenger fatality GB

  10. Underpinning Developments • Train Driver Licensing Directive • New Interoperability Directive • Revised Safety Directive • TSI OPE revised Sept 2009 • New Conventional Rolling Stock TSI • Safety Management System, Peer Review & Assessment Criteria

  11. Working together

  12. Ferroviaire Sans FrontieresThe Association of Railway Industry Occupational Physicians30th June 2008 Chris Carr Deputy Director Rail Standards & Safety

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