Safety Standards for High-Speed Rail Transportation

As China, including Taiwan, moves into a new age of high-speed rail (HSR) transportation, it is essential that an infrastructure of safety organizations and regulations be established to ensure the safe operation of such systems when they are ready. Various organizations and safety standards that regulate safety of HSR operations in Europe, Japan, and the United States are described so that the government of China, as it moves into private and regional entities, can establish a regulatory structure to plan, develop, and monitor the safety of future HSR operations, regardless of the system built. Some operational experience and issues will be used to illustrate the problems associated with current practices in the United States.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1995-05
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• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Safety+Standards+for+High-Speed+Rail+Transportation&author=A.+Rao&author=T.+Tsai&publication_year=2007
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• Authors:
  • Rao, Alan
  • Tsai, Thomas
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 35-42
• Monograph Title: Railways 2007
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 1995
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Railroad safety; Railroad transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety standards
• Geographic Terms: China; Europe; Japan; Taiwan; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046046
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104210
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 2007 5:29PM