WHAT IS STREETCAR AND METRO SAFETY ASSESSMENT?
Whether you are planning, designing and constructing a new tramway or metro system or upgrading an existing one, testing is an essential step to ensure safe and proper operation.
Conducting comprehensive safety assessment involves an overall evaluation of compliance with system requirements including risk analysis, design reviews, and acceptance tests. These independent assessment services serve as support and as decision basis for operators, authorities and manufacturers.
Why is urban rail safety testing important?
The assessment of tram and metro systems provides operators, authorities and manufacturers with multiple benefits:
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Ensure an urban public transport company’s safe and proper operation
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Provision of an independent safety assessment based on comprehensive and in-depth expert knowledge
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Early identification of possible deficits in the system design to avoid costly and time-consuming changes or reworking
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Ensuring the safe and proper integration of new vehicles, for example, through the overall system evaluation (including consideration of all necessary interfaces)
TÜV SÜD HAS EXTENSIVE GLOBAL TRAMWAY AND METRO SAFETY ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE
TÜV SÜD possesses a wealth of experience in the safety assessment of national and international urban rail systems Our specialists understand the complex needs of the urban rail business and provide deep knowledge and comprehensive expertise. TÜV SÜD is one of the few service providers that can cover all subsystems of urban rail transport.
Supported by its own state-of-the-art testing facilities for rail vehicles, TÜV SÜD offers you both physical vehicle testing and assessment as a complete package from a single source.
We are recognised as railway safety assessors and inspectors by many national and international safety authorities.
TÜV SÜD’S URBAN RAIL SYSTEM SERVICES
We provide an extensive range of tramway and metro safety services, including:
Component assesment / functional assesment:
- Fire protection assessment of components according to EN 45545
- Verification of equal safety in fire protection
- Damage analysis after accidents
- Assessment of traffic accidents
- Factual analyses
- Service life assessment
- Evaluation of software and hardware according to EN 5012x
Sub-system assessment:
- Planning and acceptance tests and validation of signalling technology
- Evaluation of safety-relevant subsystems such as door control systems, TCMS etc.
- ARGE fire detection / suppression technology
- Obsolescence - evaluation of further usability and repercussions on other components
Safety assessment of railway vehicles:
- Assessment of individual subject areas in accordance with german BOStrab
- Assessment of modifications / modernisation / retrofitting of vehicles
- New approval of vehicles
- Fire technology assessment (fire simulation, TR Strab BS)
- Fire damage analysis
- Measurements on mechanical and electrical components
- Physical testing of rail vehicles and their components: Laboratory tests and on-track tests in the areas of driving technology, braking technology, strength, pantographs, electrics, EMC and acoustics.
- Inspections of production, assembly and commissioning
- Acceptance tests for the procurement of vehicles (body shell)
- Cyber security for vehicles
- Inspection of vehicle integration into existing maintenance processes / specifications / intervals
Evaluation of operating systems:
- Inspection of operating systems (equipment of stops and tunnels such as BMA, voice alarm, emergency lighting, ventilation, etc.) in accordance with BOStrab §60 - 62
- Planning and acceptance tests of operating systems
- We are a single-source expert for the assessment of several trades (operating systems)
Service in the area of operation:
- Evaluation of incident and emergency concepts, including risk assessment
- Smoke / evacuation assessment of underground stations by means of simulation (evacuation simulations)
- Evaluation of cyber security processes when introducing new digital systems (e.g. payment systems)
- Training to present the legal requirements that operators will face in the area of CS
- Operations manager training as part of our ‘TOM’ programme (Training Operations Manager)
Further services:
- Evaluation of tender documents and technical specifications as well as requirements management
- Assessment of safety management systems (including risk analysis)
- Auditing of quality management
- Assistance with the creation of specifications for the tender
- Evaluation of functional specifications
- Moderation of conflicts between the vehicle/infrastructure (acoustics) departments of operators
- Evaluation of maintenance concepts and ECM certification
- Seminars, further education, training
