Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Railway Safety Course code: 117003 | 5 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 3
Semester: 6
Requirements:
Goal: During the course, students will be introduced to the basic concepts and settings of railway traffic safety, factors that affect safety, railway safety regulations, and characteristics of devices used for regulation and monitoring railway transport.
Outcome: After passing the final exam, the student will be able to: • define safety-related terms; • determine the criteria for determining the level of railway traffic safety; • analyze and compare safety-operational characteristics of safety devices; • describes different types of railway accidents and incidents and the patterns of their occurrence.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Basic concepts, safety indicators, criteria for determining the level of safety in railway traffic.
  2. The influence of the human factor on the safety of railway traffic.
  3. Safety and operational characteristics of automatic train protection device, driver's safety device, driver's automatic brake valve, and brakes.
  4. Railway accidents and incidents
  5. Normative acts regulating railway traffic safety
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. 1. Examples and detailed analysis of accidents and incidents on railway. 2. Railway safety analysis on Serbian railways in past years. 3. Defining the elements for the seminary work.
Textbooks and References
  1. Bundalo, Z., „Autorizovana predavanja“, Visoka železnička škola strukovnih studija, Beograd, 2015.
  2. Marković, M., „Osnovi funkcionisanja železničkog saobraćaja“, Saobraćajni fakultet, Beograd 2003.
  3. Zakon o bezbednosti i interoperabilnosti železnice, Službeni glasnik RS, br
  4. Pravilnik o istraživanju, evidentiranju, statističkom praćenju i objavljivanju podataka o nesrećama i nezgodama, Službeni glasnik RS, br
  5. Marković, M., „Bezbednost, proračun i i ispitivanje grbine“, Saobraćajni fakultet, Beograd 2005.
  6. Zbornici radova sa savetovanja: Saobraćaj u vanrednim uslovima, Visoka železnička škola strukovnih studija, VŽŠ, Beograd, 2003.
  7. Pravilnici, uputstva i važeći Zakoni i druga akta koji regulišu oblast železničkog saobraćaja.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 2
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
0
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
0
colloquium
0
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
0