Principles of railway transport control in Vietnam

According to Vietnam’s new regulations, principles of railway transport control are specified as follows:

1. Stay focus and consistent with the published timetable

To be specific:

- Railway infrastructure traders shall command and control the transport of trains 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 the Director of the national railway infrastructure trading company and the owner of dedicated railways is found.

2. Ensure the safety of railway transport following the timetable

To be specific:

- 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 Law on railway transport of Vietnam must be satisfied.

3. Ensure the equality among railway transport traders as below:

- The control of railway transport must ensure the orders of priority of train types;

- 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.

View more details at Circular No. 24/2018/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam.

- Thanh Lam -

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