Résumé: To operate a railway safely and to keep it in a healthy condition constant input in maintenance and renewal is needed. India falls short in keeping the Quality of its rail-tracks fit for the traffic load/volume the tracks have to carry. This is one of the underlying factors/conditions for the unsafe and uneconomical operation […]
Author: Chaminda Weerawarna
TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN INDIA, Part II
SPATE OF FATAL TRAIN DERAILMENT-DISASTERS IN INDIA On many routes of India`s vast rail-network the Track Quality does not match the increasing traffic load, the tracks have to carry. This is the underlying factor of the frequent Train Derailment-Disasters. Since decades UNDERFUNDING and backlog in LONG-TERM CAPITAL INVESTMENT SCHEMES of long-term certainty for Safety related […]
TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN INDIA Part I
SPATE OF FATAL DERAILMENT-DISASTERS ROLLING ON Synopsis: For the metamorphosis of Poor-Quality Rail-Tracks with high Train-Derailment Risks to High-Quality Rail-Tracks with low Train-Derailment Risks, massive Capital Investment Schemes of long-term certainty in conjunction with organizational Reshuffles and Restructurings are required. There is no other country around the globe other than India, from where so many […]
MATARA-BELIATTA RAILWAY EXTENSION PROJECT Sri Lanka
The Government of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Transport have entrusted the construction of the Matara to Beliatta Phase I extension to China Machinery Corporation (CMC) of China. The China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation is instrumental in the construction work of the railway line. The difficult topography and geology of the terrain […]
GLOBAL TRENDS IN TRACK TECHNOLOGIES AND FAST PACED CONSTRUCTION
The Institution of Permanent Way Engineers (India) has called for papers for the forthcoming International Technical Seminar of I.P.W.E. (India) with the Topic Global Trends in Track Technologies and Fast Paced Construction, held 20th July, 2017, Venue: Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110003. Presentations by foreign Experts, Consultants, the Trade, Industry and […]
RISK-BALANCE MODEL – a STRATEGY TO MANAGE SAFETY AND RISKS IN RAILWAYS
The recent increased spate of killed and injured Train Passenger in unwanted nasty Train Disasters in India is alarming. A German Safety Expert recently stated that he differently knows none country around the globe than India, from where so many nasty Railway Accidents with such high mortality rates could be reported. An underlying factor of […]
CHALLENGE TO INCREASE ROUTE TRANSPORT-CAPACITY AND TO CUT JOURNEY-TIME ON INDIAN RAILWAYS
With the topic of the International Technical IPWE Seminar, held 12&13th January 2017 at Mumbai: “Challenges in Design and Maintenance of Track under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High-Speed and heavy Axle-Load” an invitation to the ingenuity of Indian`s Track Experts had been launched to come forward with technical solutions, how the different track-structure requirements […]
SOME DEMANDS FOR A MIXED TRAFFIC SCHEME WITH HIGHER AXLE-LOAD FREIGHT-TRAINS PLUS SEMI HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER-TRAINS IN INDIA
“Challenges in Design and Maintenance of Track under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High-Speed and heavy Axle-Load” had been the topic of the International Technical IPWE Seminar held 12th & 13th January 2017 at Mumbai. The topic is an appeal to the ingenuity and skills of Indian Track Engineers and Experts to make tracks fit […]
Demand for Attendance-free “fit-and-forget” Rail-Fastening on envisaged Indian Railway`s “Semi High-Speed” Routes – Pandrol Fast-Clip an advisable Solution
Indian Railways is fastening the Rails on Concrete Sleepers over its entire network with the so-called MARK III Elastic Rail Clip (ERC), which had been evolved with a modified spatial bend by RDSO from the left-handed Pandrol 401 Series with an anti-clockwise bend of the rod. The MARK III ERC is far away from being […]
HOW MUCH SAFETY ON INDIAN RAILWAYS?, PART III
“PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES AND LIFE CYCLE COST MANAGEMENT” had been the topics of the 20th International Convention: OPTIMIZING THE WHEEL/RAIL-SYSTEM – TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS FOR SAFETY, COST-EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY – , held at Salzburg, Austria from 15-17th September 2015 by the Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, ÖVG. The author together with Mr. J.S. Mundrey, Consultant in Track Technology […]