Research Report and Findings: Review of Specifications and Guidelines for Rail Tunnel Repair and Rehabilitation

Details

• Creators:
  Rakoczy, Anna M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc (TTCI)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Guidelines
  • Inspection
  • Maintenance management
  • Rail transit
  • Railroad tunnels
  • Specifications
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0235
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527648
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Washington
• Edition:
  September 2018–May 2019
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  After the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) L’Enfant Station rail accident in 2015, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued two recommendations—1) Recommendation R-16-01: Issue regulatory standards for tunnel infrastructure inspection, maintenance, and repair, incorporating applicable industry consensus standards into those standards, and 2) Recommendation R-16-02: Issue regulatory safety standards for emergency egress in tunnel environments. To effectively respond to NTSB’s recommendations, this report was prepared to assist the transit industry in developing standards and/or recommended practices to address Recommendation R-16-02 – tunnel repairs and rehabilitation and includes a condition-based rating system for tunnels as a tool for evaluation for rehabilitation and guidelines for a tunnel inventory database.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68240/dot_68240_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.48 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2289ff102fc0992652f1c0696303a7e2505479367cc6bcaf5d5241997400e614