What rules must rail transport control comply with? What are the contents of rail transport control in Vietnam?
What rules must rail transport control comply with?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 41 of the 2017 Law on Railway Transport in Vietnam, the rail transport control must be compliant with the following rules:
- Be concentrated and uniform; comply with the published timetable;
- Ensure safe and continuous rail transport in line with the timetable;
- Ensure equality between rail transport enterprises.
At the same time, according to Article 14 of Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT stipulating the rules of rail transport control as follows:
Stay focus and consistent with the published timetable:
- Railway infrastructure traders shall command and control the transport of train running on their railway infrastructure.
- The control of railway transport shall be consistent with the published timetable; control of railway transport against the published timetable will be prohibited if no approval from Director of the national railway infrastructure trading company and the owner of dedicated railways is found.
Ensure the safety of railway transport following the timetable
- All traffic accidents or incidents caused by neglect during the works of railway transport control must be prevented;
- All regulations on train operation dispatching command prescribed in Clause 2 in Article 38 of the 2017 Law on Railway Transport in Vietnam must be satisfied.
Ensure the equality among railway transport traders as below:
- The control of railway transport must ensure the orders of priority of train types as prescribed in Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT;
- Any change in the order of priority of train types during the railway transport control must provide a good reason and must be approved by the Director of the national railway infrastructure trading company as well as the owner of dedicated railways;
- For special cases in which the route of trains that are running on railway lines is required to be adjusted as those trains are facing acts of God, accidents, incident or obstacle on the way or there are more special trains running on the same lines, the control of railway transport must make sure that such route will be adjusted in accordance to regulations in Clause 2 in Article 11 of Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT.
What rules must rail transport control comply with? What are the contents of rail transport control in Vietnam?
What are the contents of rail transport control in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT, the contents of rail transport control include:
Establish, allocate and publish the timetable as below:
- Establish, allocate and publish the timetable in compliance with regulations prescribed in Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT;
- Where necessary, adjust the timetable in accordance to regulations in Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT.
Arrange the railway transport in a concentrated and consistent manner, ensure the flow and safety of traffic in compliance with the published timetable, regulations on railway signaling and rules and train operation order as follows:
- Arrange the pick-up, storing, dissolution, formation and shunting of the train;
- Arrange the train shunting serving the loading and unloading of cargo;
- Arrange the train operation and train shunting serving the construction and repair of railway infrastructure;
- Control the railway transport on national railways in connection with the railway transport control applied to dedicated railways connected to national railways.
Command to handle emergency or extraordinary issues occurring on the railways as below:
- Mobilize human resources, vehicles and equipments of the railway transport traders and arrange the train operation or train shunting serving the works of rescuing when traffic accidents occur on the railway;
- Adjust the route of train running on each section, line of railways for the purpose of recover the timetable in the shortest time after such accidents;
- Analyze to find causes and propose methods for preventing traffic accidents or incidents on railways;
- Temporarily suspend the train operation when discovering a risk to the railway transport safety.
Receive and gather all information regarding the works of railway transport control including:
- Information on passengers, cargo, accidents, incidents, construction or repair of the railway infrastructure;
- Information on the actual route of the train running on the railway line;
- Information on the use of locomotives and coaches
Cooperate with international railway organizations in controlling railway transport as follows:
- Preside over and cooperate in controlling railway transport regarding the arrangement of trains running on international railways at blocks and bordering stations under management of Vietnam Railway Authority;
- Preside over and cooperate in controlling railway transport when foreign forces and railway vehicles entering Vietnam to assist in the work of searching and rescuing.
Store the data with regard to the work of railway transport control as required by laws.
Which organization is responsible for implementing rail transport control in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 16 of Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT stipulating responsibilities for rail transport control as follows:
- The national railway infrastructure trader shall take responsibility to control the transport on national railways following the published timetable.
- The owner of dedicated railways shall take responsibility to control the transport on dedicated railways under the management following the published timetable.
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