Focus on the 2023 session of RESCOR -the European network of services responsible for the oversight and regulation of urban transport safety

December 14, 2023 afternoon: technical visit

We asked the operator Keolis, whom we would like to thank warmly, to welcome the RESCOR’s delegation* of around fifteen people from Spain, Germany, Ireland, Serbia, Denmark, Switzerland and France.

The first half-day was devoted to a presentation and tour of Lyon’s guided and cable transport network: tramway, conventional metro, automatic metro, rack and wheel metro and funicular railway.

It ended with a tour of the metro workshops, showing the trains currently at the end of their life cycle and the new rolling stock, and a convivial evening meal.

December 15, 2023 morning: regulatory and technical subjects

The second half-day was devoted to presentations on regulatory and technical subjects:

Foreword

• Introduction of the meeting and presentation of the STRMTG by Daniel PFEIFFER - Director
• Presentation of Valencia Railway Safety Agency
• New Sub-directorate of Railway Transport in Generalitat de Catalunya: presentation and main objectives

Regulations

• New national regulations about transport systems safety in 2022/2023 (round table)
• Presentation on the system/process we have in Ireland on the acceptance of new light rail infrastructure and rolling stock on behalf of National Safety Authority Ireland.
• Presentation on the French procedure for bringing into service a new line of a guided transport system or new rolling stock / future evolutions in 2024

Transport system design

• Means for emergency shutdown of the traction power - safety level regarding the EN50126 norm (round table)

Maintenance and system operation

• Transport system lifespan (round table)

Event monitoring and feedback

• Presentation on the latest developments regarding the accidentology in Switzerland
• Tramways accidents involving PMV in France
• Electric PMV banned in public transport in Barcelona: analysis done by the Metropolitan Transport Authority in Barcelona (ATM) and final decision
• First results of the French accidentology in 2022 for tramways and metros

The Rescor group agreed that future technical sessions should be held over a full day. The following topics could not be presented due to time constraints:

• Feedback of fall of rolling stock equipments following a recommandation in metro transport systems in France
• New web application for reporting events in France - Partage
• Standardization - List of WG where national safety agencies are registered and participate (round table)
   

See you in 2024 in Germany for the next edition!