RESTRAIL Final Conference

Lessons Learned from WP4 – Mitigation of Consequences

Gilad Rafaeli, MTRS3, 18.09.2014

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WP4 at a glance

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Develop methods and tools to mitigate the potential impact of suicides and trespasses on railway infrastructures

Integrated with existing procedures & technologies

Safe, effective and cost-efficient

Partners

Railways Industry Research

Research activities

Improving procedural and organisational measures

Enhancing situational picture, information management and communication

Improving situational picture & communication for OCCs & incident command centres

Development of a knowledge platform

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Knowledge platform (Consequences mitigation information reference source)

Response arrangements guidelines

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Improving procedural and organisational measures

Information management & communication

Decision making processes for traffic restoration

Information management solution

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Functional specification document

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Information management

Prototype

Implementation of consistent check lists

Improving inter-agency collaboration and communication

Common operating picture between all stakeholders

Tasks automation

Impact analysis

Incident reporting and multimedia reconstruction

Integration with field sensors (e.g. SCADA, CCTV, mobile devices)

LRM for decision support

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Line restoration model - traffic restoration time forecasting

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Decision supportIntegration with information management software

Optimising the rescheduling of mainline rail traffic (passenger & freight)

Providing better and more timely information to on- and off-site decision makers

Providing better information to passengers in stations and trains, and online

Two field tests

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Computer based training for decision

makers

Forward facing CCTV (FFCCTV)

Police

IM & RU staff

Law enforcement agencies

RUs

British Transport Police

Network Rail

Equipment manufacturers

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Computer based training

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• Understand the problem, its scope and severity

• Understand incident response arrangements

• Provide support to resolve the incident as quickly as possible

Evaluation Online survey

Police organisations and law enforcement agencies involved in incident investigation and on-site decision making

Targeted group

Objectives

Forward facing CCTV (FFCTV)

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Implementation – survey RUs, BTP and Network Rail in the UK

Objectives

Evaluation criteria

On-board equipment• DTI EMEA, Guiding Lights

Technology and R2Protec video equipment

• Quantify the investigation and railway system down time

• Examine user requirements

• Examine wider use of FFCCTV

• Duration of evidence collection and investigation

• Decision making processes

• Exploiting benefits of FFCCTV

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Field test results

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Effective in imparting the content to decision makers

The means described are perceived as contributing to reducing shut-down time

Police and railways (IM & RU) represented by a relatively small sample

Information is insufficient, as IMs & RUs do not collect data that would enable a quantitative assessment

Benefits are arguable from a single RU point of view, and should be justified for wider usage

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Fitting can be installed as part of a rolling stock or fleet retrofit

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