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Adoption of Low-Cost Rail Level Crossing Warning Devices: An Australian Case Study

Adoption of Low-Cost Rail Level Crossing Warning Devices: An Australian Case Study

Christian Wullems, George Nikandros
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466616431|ISBN10: 1466616431|EISBN13: 9781466616448
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1643-1.ch019
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Wullems, Christian, and George Nikandros. "Adoption of Low-Cost Rail Level Crossing Warning Devices: An Australian Case Study." Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering, edited by Francesco Flammini, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 399-423. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1643-1.ch019

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Wullems, C. & Nikandros, G. (2012). Adoption of Low-Cost Rail Level Crossing Warning Devices: An Australian Case Study. In F. Flammini (Ed.), Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering (pp. 399-423). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1643-1.ch019

Chicago

Wullems, Christian, and George Nikandros. "Adoption of Low-Cost Rail Level Crossing Warning Devices: An Australian Case Study." In Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering, edited by Francesco Flammini, 399-423. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1643-1.ch019

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Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to provide rail practitioners with a practical approach for determining safety requirements of low-cost level crossing warning devices (LCLCWDs) on an Australian railway by way of a case study. LCLCWDs, in theory, allow railway operators to improve the safety of passively controlled crossing by upgrading a larger number of level crossings with the same budget that would otherwise be used to upgrade these using the conventional active level crossing control technologies, e.g. track circuit initiated flashing light systems. The chapter discusses the experience and obstacles of adopting LCLCWDs in Australia, and demonstrates how the risk-based approach may be used to make the case for LCLCWDs.

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