by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | Oct 27, 2021 | News
Railway infrastructure benefits from long-term asset management, including risk and resilience strategic planning, to prepare for the potential challenges posed by future physical and/or cyber-attacks. However, railway infrastructure operators face numerous obstacles...
by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | Sep 22, 2021 | News
According to Eurostat statistics, the rail passenger transport within the EU was estimated at 416 billion passenger-kilometers in 2019, which is an increase of 3.4% from the previous year. The long-term trend is that more and more people are expected to use trains as...
by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | Sep 13, 2021 | News
Security is a cornerstone of any sustainable mobility policy and mobility system. Making rail transport secure is complex as it must be open and accessible and enable an efficient flow of passengers and goods. At the same time, a rail, like any other transport system,...
by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | Jun 7, 2021 | News
Why is the safety of rail systems important? In order to answer this question, primarily, it is necessary to define Infrastructure. Previously, it was defined as facilities that harbor critical activities for the country’s economy which require high-cost public...
by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | May 17, 2021 | News
The railway scenario is particular in the context of security. One such example is Roma Termini where the average flow of people pre-Covid was around 450k between the train and metro lines and regular consumer activities within the shopping centers and restaurants. ...
by Marie-Hélène Bonneau | May 7, 2021 | News
On 5 May 2021, a presentation of the SAFETY4RAILS project was provided under the auspices of the Community of European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS). The event was organized by the European Commission’s DG HOME under the umbrella of the Disaster Risk...
