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<p>The paper is concerned with the issue of safety and risks in transport with a detailed focus on rail transport. Nowadays, when it is required to prefer safe and environmentally friendly modes of transport, the knowledge of this issue is important. Part of the paper is an analysis of individual risk factors in railway transport. These include risks in the field of railway safety, natural disasters, economic risks, risks in management systems and technical equipment, and risks related to legislative changes. Attention is paid to comparison and evaluation of individual risk factors in terms of severity and probability of occurrence - frequency. Following the analysis and evaluation of the risk level, are suggest possible or optimal ways to resolve them. The outcome of it is to eliminate or minimize them in the railway transport undertaking. The final part briefly describes the current situation in rail transport, recent developments and the main conditions and assumptions for its further development.</p>
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The paper is concerned with the issue of safety and risks in transport with a detailed focus on rail transport. Nowadays, when it is required to prefer safe and environmentally friendly modes of transport, the knowledge of this issue is important. Part of the paper is an analysis of individual risk factors in railway transport. These include risks in the field of railway safety, natural disasters, economic risks, risks in management systems and technical equipment, and risks related to legislative changes. Attention is paid to comparison and evaluation of individual risk factors in terms of severity and probability of occurrence - frequency. Following the analysis and evaluation of the risk level, are suggest possible or optimal ways to resolve them. The outcome of it is to eliminate or minimize them in the railway transport undertaking. The final part briefly describes the current situation in rail transport, recent developments and the main conditions and assumptions for its further development.

Identification and Solution of Safety and Operational-Economic Risks in Railway Transport

J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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The paper is concerned with the issue of safety and risks in transport with a detailed focus on rail transport. Nowadays, when it is required to prefer safe...

Identification and Solution of Safety and Operational-Economic Risks in Railway Transport

Published Online: Apr 18, 2020

Page range: 112 - 120

Received: Nov 13, 2019

Accepted: Dec 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2020-0014

Keywords
railway transport, traffic safety, risk factors, risk management, risk rate

© 2020 Karel Sellner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Identification and Solution of Safety and Operational-Economic Risks in Railway Transport

Published Online: Apr 18, 2020

Page range: 112 - 120

Received: Nov 13, 2019

Accepted: Dec 18, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2020-0014

Keywordsrailway transport, traffic safety, risk factors, risk management, risk rate

© 2020 Karel Sellner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
railway transport, traffic safety, risk factors, risk management, risk rate