Regulations on operation safety management system of urban railway in Vietnam

According to Circular No. 31/2018/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam:

1. The operation safety management system shall be constructed before the urban railway route is put into operation.

2. The operation safety management system must ensure implementation of the following:

- Safety policies approved by the legal representative of the operating organization and propagated in the organization;

- Safety objectives include: qualitative and quantitative objectives. Qualitative objectives are objectives in terms of assessment and rating of safety, quantitative objectives are specific data objectives which are measurable;

- Safety plans: plan to realize safety objectives;

- Management of conformity with technical standards and compliance with relevant operation regulations;

- Change of management;

- Risk management;

- Management of capacity of persons in charge of operation and maintenance of the system;

- Management and training of safety management human resource;

- Dossier management and information communications relevant to safety;

- Emergency management: regulations on rescue, warning, communication and cooperation with related parties in emergencies;

- Accident and incident investigation management: ensuring that every accident, incident, dangerous circumstance has been recorded, investigated and analyzed in conjunction with necessary prevention and remedial measures;

- Internal assessment.

3. Operation safety management system shall be regularly inspected and certified by the Vietnam Register during operation.

View more details at Circular No. 31/2018/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2018.

- Thanh Lam -

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