Towards measuring national railways' safety through a benchmarking framework of transparency and published data

M Blumenfeld, CY Lin, A Jack, UT Abdurrahman… - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
Safety is paramount in railway transportation. Learning best practices of risk data reporting
and documentation from different railway systems help to better identify safety issues …

Statistical analysis of train derailment severity for unit trains versus manifest trains

W Li, Z Bian, X Liu - Transportation research record, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Using freight trains is a cost-effective and safe method for transporting numerous products
over long distances. However, freight train derailments have significant consequences …

Analysis of derailment severity comparing unit trains at transload terminals and manifest trains at railroad switching and hump classification yards

J Zhao, CT Dick, D Kang - Transportation research record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing demand for the safe and efficient transportation of crude oil and other flammable
liquids by rail has highlighted the need to understand the relative derailment risk of two …

International benchmarking of railroad safety data systems and performance–a cross-continental case study

CY Lin, M Blumenfeld, T Gerstein, CPL Barkan… - Journal of Rail Transport …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rail safety is a universal goal that every railroad system pursues. Comparing rail safety
performance allows the identification of relative system strengths and weaknesses and …

Quantifying the Influence of Tank Car Position and Train Configuration on the Risk of Rail Transport of Class 3 Flammable Liquids

D Kang, J Zhao, CT Dick, X Liu, CY Lin… - Transportation …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
As the amount of high-hazardous materials (hazmat) being shipped in high-hazard
flammable unit trains (HHFUT) increases, mitigating the risks associated with railway …

Safety analysis of Railway Transportation of Dangerous goods

H Liu - 2023 - diva-portal.org
In the past decade, the demand for dangerous goods (DG) that can be used for industrial,
farming, mining, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical products has surged with the rapid …