International Railway Safety Network

International Railway Safety Network (IRSN)

Chair: Guillaume Foeillet, SNCF
UIC Coordinator: Isabelle Fonverne
Meetings: 3 to 4 times a year.

The International Railway Safety Network is a subgroup of the UIC Safety Platform Steering Group (SPSG) with the goal of fostering safety for Railways, taking into account the operation process by:

exchanging safety experiences and backgrounds;
learning from each other;
facilitating good and trusting relations among railway safety experts.

Main results

Exchanges on Incidents/Accidents and prevention of SPADs
Exchanges on good practices
Evolution of safety culture, fair and just culture in railways
ILCAD – Level Crossing Accident Prevention
Simplification of rules
Safety Performance Metric Group
Falls from platforms
Innovation (VR) in railways
Distraction by new media and use of electronic devices

Benchmarking / Surveys for comparing safety practices in different companies:

Survey on railway accidents due to trespassing
Survey on shunting methods (technical and organisational measures)
Survey on shunting issues
Survey on prevention of railway suicides
Survey on measures taken to avoid collisions with animals on tracks
Survey on the mission and organisation of the safety department in different companies
Survey on Bridge Infrastructure requirements
Survey on Monitoring Safety of Railway Operations
Survey on permissive red signals
Survey on CSIs