RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Intelligent emergency management system for railway transport A1 Balboa Marras, Adriana A1 Abreu Menéndez, Orlando Víctor A1 González Villa, Javier A1 Alvear Portilla, Daniel K1 Seguridad K1 Safety K1 Ferrocarriles K1 Railways K1 Transporte de mercancías K1 Transportation of goods K1 Ingeniería civil K1 Civil engineering K1 Transportes K1 Transportation AB Nowadays, a major safety challenge in rail transport is to manage the incidents andemergencies in the most efficient possible way. The current contingency plans tend to bebased on static procedures not taking into account how real-time conditions affect them.Consequently, the decision-making process may well suffer delays and the possibility ofoccurrence for human mistakes could raise since the required measures are expected to becarried out under important pressure. In this study, focused on commuter trains, railwaysafety is enhanced by a new intelligent emergency management system which aims tosupport the operator tasks in a real-time incident or emergency situation. This cyberphysicalsystem is composed by two main modules: one on board the train, includingsensors and GPS, and other integrated in the control centre addressing four computationalmodels. Those models cover (1) the detection of different types of incidents/emergenciesusing the information received from on board sensors, (2) the calculation of the evacuationprocess (if necessary), (3) the selection, estimation of routes and communication withemergency services required for each event, and finally (4) a provision of actions tosupport the operator decisions. Communication between modules is provided by GPRSdue to actual technology available in the pilot trains. This system has been implemented inan actual railway line in Cantabria (Santander-Cabezón de la Sal) and three practicaldemonstrations were defined based on several use cases, which were tested using a pilotfacility incorporating all sensors and devices installed in those trains. Results demonstratedthe benefits of the new system. PB Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional SN 978-84-18465-12-3 YR 2021 FD 2021-07 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7006 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7006 LA eng NO Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos NO The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) for funding the SIGNAL project on the frame of the Subprogram RETOSCOLABORACIÓN 2016 call (Ref-RTC-2016-5474-4), as well as the European Union through ERDF funding under the objective of Strengthening Research, Technological Development and Innovation and also to SETELSA company for their partnership, dedication and support for the developing of the project. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 21-nov-2024