... it instinctive. Design must consider safety over the whole project life cycle, from inception to development, implementation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, eventual decommissioning and disposal. The Network Rail Safe by Design (SbD) initiative is a railway system-led response to these challenges. SbD...

... that might be vulnerable include station buildings adjacent to the track other buildings and structures adjacent to the track structures (bridges or buildings) spanning the track. 28 06 2013 06 12 2013 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2014 railway systems risk...

... of the railway system and natural disasters in Japan are summarised based on statistics. A steady decrease in disaster-related loss as a result of consistent investment is observed. Conventional countermeasures mostly depend on hardware improvement, where occurrence of events is controlled. Statistical analysis...