Development of Rail Safety in Thailand: Level Crossings Safety Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning Ministry of Transport June 14 th, 2011

Presentation outline  Background  Thailand’s Railways  Cabinet’s Resolution  Railway Accidents Situation in Thailand Amendment of the Railway’ Crossing Establishment of Thailand’s Committee Study and Preparation on Accident Solution Plan for Road-rail Crossing for Long-distance Trains SRT & Aeronautical Radio of Thailand LTD, House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation MOT’s Agency: DOH, DRH

 During the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V),a Royal Proclamation pertaining to the construction on the first state railway line in Siam was issued on March 9, 1891  The office of the Royal State Railways of Siam was first established in October1890.

Highway Distance per 2 lanes Motor & Express way 61,747 km. 313 km. Rural Highway Collector & Distributor Local District Road 42,500 km. 107,500 km. WaterwayCoastRiverCannel 2,614 km. 1,750 km. 883 km. Rail Single Track Double Track 3,885 km. 234 km. Air Transport Airports (State +AOT) Bangkok Airway ‘s Airport Navy Airport 3731 Existing Infrastructure Existing Infrastructure

Double Track (Long Loop) Logistic Network LineExisting New Long Loop North781 km.418 km. North-East1,093 km.78 km. East527 km.*106 km. South1,569 km.336 km. Maklong65 km.- Total4,346 km.938 km. Surge Network Capacity from 300 to 800 Train/day Increase modal share from 2.84 % to 10%

Number of Level crossings in each part of Thailand RouteLevel Crossing Control Overpass Underpass Warning Sign With out sigh Total Automatic ManualPrivate North East/North East south ,136 total , (27.37%) 261 (10.60%) 1,528 (62.03 %) 2,463

Types of Railroad Level Crossings 4. Grade Seperation 3. Level Crossing without any sign or barrier 1. Level Crossing with Warning Sign 2. Level Crossing with automatic barrier

Various Types of Japan’s Railways 8 Level Crossings in Thailand 45 of Level Crossing with Warning Sign 674 of Level Crossing with automatic barrier 988 of Level Crossing with Warning Sign 540 of Level Crossing without any sign or barrier ( Illegal)

No. (Time/Person) No. of Accident Injury Fatality Number of Level Crossing Accident (Train-vehicle Crash)

Cabinet’s Resolution  17 November 2009 : Agreed in principle of rail transport system development and the management of State Railway of Thailand. Emphasis on the train operation should be convenient, fast and safe.  12 April 2011: Agreed on the plan for rail transport system development , which has the improvement of the train operation and transport with safety and efficiency. More measures safety  3 May 2011: Agreed on the investment plan of State Railway of Thailand (176,000 MB)

Joint Standing Committee on the Application and Problem Solving of Railway-Road Level Crossing Deputy permanent Secretary (President) Director of OTP (Vice President) DOH Bureau Of budget SRT Royal Irrigation Department Department of disaster Prevention and mitigation BKK Governor Department of Local Administration DOR Duty  Plan for Safety Roadmap in the decades of road safety  supervise the agencies under the operation  cooperate the implementation from the government private and public organizations.  monitor and evaluate the implementation of the plan and report to MOT subcommittee on Railway-Road Level Crossing (President : Director of OTP) Duty Improve and prepare measures to control an accident at Railway-Road Level Crossing

Study Area Northern: BKK – Nakornsawan Northeast : BKK – Nakornratchasima Eastern : BKK – Lamchabang Southern : BKK– Prajuabkirikun Result  problems and solutions of the Railway-Road Level Crossing  Database and data analysis, trends and incidence/ distribution of accident  Management plan and solve problems 12 Studying and Preparing on Accident Solution Plan for Road-rail Crossing for Long-distance Trains

Problems Damaged Warning Sign Road surface roughness Slope at Level Crossing Junction at Level Crossing

จำนวนอุบัติเหตุ / ครั้ง จำนวนผู้เสียชีวิต / ครั้ง จำนวนผู้บาดเจ็บ / ครั้ง พื้นที่ศึกษา Level Crossing Accident Situation No. of Accident No. of Fatality No. of Injury N o

Number of the Level Crossing in the Study Area RouteOver- Pass Under- Pass Level crossing controller Warning Sign Level crossing without sign total Northern 22 (22)4 (5)64 (62)23 (22)10 (13) 123 (124) Northeast 10 (11)0 (1)37 (38)45 (41)3 (7) 95 (98) East13 (17)12 (13)63 (72)18 (13)12 (8) 118 (123) Southern 16 (17)16 (22)81 (81)85 (73)13 (17) 211 (208) total 61 (67)32 (41) 245 (253) 171 (149) 38 (45) 547 (555) 15

Management of unapproved crossings Development of railway geography information system Promoting education and comprehension about road-rail crossing management Government must resolve serious issues with budget support 16 Recommendation

Project on improved security and efficiency in the train operation  Cooperation beteween SRT & Aeronautical Radio of Thailand LTD  Use GPS  Project area – Huahin Phase 1 prototype  Improved security in the train operation With/without level crossing controler  inform condition of railway to driver  Development of reporting systems (locate target, calculate the distance )  Use CCTV

Phase 2 Extended period Develop guidelines on data integrations and create Multi-Modal Transport. groom the train signaling to the hub station. Project on improved security and efficiency in the train operation

 Province level : assign subcommittee on the Application and Problem Solving of Railway-Road Level Crossing in provincial level (President: provincial governor).  MOT signed MOU with MOI. the level of municipality. to discuss about level crossing without signs (Illegal) and get public participation.  OTP cooperates with SRT DOH and DOR to revise and adjust TM: Traffic Movement. Moreover, set up public participation in order to gather opinion about level crossing problems and seek for recommendations Parliament by Representative, Committee on Transport

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