SAFER-LC Mid-Term Conference 10 October 2018 at the Spanish Railway Foundation in Madrid, Spain

Introduction

FFE Welcome César López, General Manager (Spanish Railways Foundation)
UIC Welcome Jacques Colliard, Head of UIC security division (UIC)
SAFER-LC Overview Marie-Hélène Bonneau, coordinator of SAFER-LC (UIC)

SAFER-LC Project achievements

WP2 - Human Factor at Level Crossings : Towards a design for self‐explaining and forgiving infrastructure Sarah WHALLEY (FFE), Grigore HAVARNEANU (UIC), Annika DRESSLER (DLR)

SAFER-LC Next steps

WP3 ‐ Smarter LC : development and Integration of technical solutions Elias KASSA (NTNU), Louahdi KOUDHOUR (CEREMA) and Jacqueline DELPHINE (CEREMA)
WP4 - Lab tests and Field implementation Josep Maria SALANOVA (CERTH)

Spanish experiences with Level Crossings

Evolution of automatic protection systems in railways level crossings Ramón ATOCHERO (ADIF)
Level crossing protection integration into connected car technologies José CASTANO (INSPIDE)

Other National experiences

Risk factors at level crossings with flashing lights in the Czech Republic Pavlína SKLÁDANÁ (CDV)
Level crossing safety campaign in Croatia Danijela BARIC (FPZ)
Level crossing in the Netherlands Jeroen NEDERLOF (PRORAIL)
Safe Strip EU project Erwin VERMASSEN (ERTICO)
Proof of Concept to enhance safety LC in Canada Marc ANTONI (UIC)

Conclusion

SAFER-LC Next steps Marie-Hélène BONNEAU

Press Releases

UIC press release Link
VIA LIBRE daily magazine Link
FFE’s Website link
Spanish Railways Technological Platform (PTFE) weekly bulletin link