Safety of High Speed Magnetic Levitation Transportation Systems : German High-Speed Maglev Train Safety Requirements - Potential For Application in the United States

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• Creators:
  Dorer, R. ; Markos, SH ; Wlodyka, R. ; Lee, H.S. ; Coltman, M. ; Hathaway, W. T. ; Barrington, A. E. ; Brecher, A.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Magnetic levitation
  • Magnetic levitation vehicles
  • Safety engineering
  • System safety
  • Safety factors
  • Vehicle design
  • Maglev
  • Magnetic levitation
  • Transportation
  • Safety
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FRA-92-3 ; DOT/FRA/ORD-92/02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Germany
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  The safety of various magnetically levitated (maglev) trains underdevelopment for possible ; implementation in the United States is ofdirect concern to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). ; This report is the second in a series of reports addressing the safety of high-speed maglev trains and ; presents the results of the review to determine the suitability ofGerman safety requirements for ; application to maglev systems as proposed for U.S. operations. The intent of the review was to compare the ; German and U.S. safety requirements in order to assist the FRA in determining what regulations and ; guidelines may be necessary to ensure a high level of safety for U.S. passenger service. ; The review focuses on the High-Speed Maglev Trains Safety Requirements. Reeelwerk ; Magnetschnellbahnen-Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen (RW MSB), which was developed by a ; German working group of representatives of the German Federal Railways (DB), the Testing and Planning ; company for Maglev Systems, (MVP), the Institute for Railway Technology (IFB), and safety experts of ; TUV Rheinland and TUV Hanover, headed by TUV Rheinland, and sponsored by the Federal Ministry for ; Research and Technology. ; The German safety requirements were reviewed in terms of safety related functional areas of the following ; areas of the following seven maglev system elements: vehicles; guideway; passenger stations; signal, ; control, and communications (SCO; plans and procedures; personnel; and operating environment. ; Potential safety concerns for each of the maglev system functional areas were identified. The German ; safety requirements and the applicable U.S. safety requirements are described and then compared to ; determine their applicability to proposed U.S. maglev system operations. Recommendations are also ; included for FRA consideration. ; In general, the German effort appears to ensure the same high level of safety for maglev trains that is ; expected in the United States for similar ground transportation technologies. The challenge lies in ; transferring the experience of Germany to the U.S. regulatory environment.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RR293/R2015
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8638/dot_8638_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.99 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3823ce8219a9007035576167a2ed281df42e2118685061a0756ec000d88fe5cd