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4.2 Recommendations made in 2023
The safety authority Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority to direct
Estonian Railways Ltd
1. To further develop a culture of communication as part of the safety culture in order to supplement Estonian Railways Ltd instructions for the safe organisation of train traffic and shunting work, by adding a requirement to immediately inform the train dispatcher in the event of an unannounced change in the locomotive traffic light reading on a line with automatic blocking and automatic locomotive signalling.
2. To supplement the company's work management instructions with the requirement to check the circumstances of the sudden change in the reading of the locomotive signal received by the dispatcher, and as feedback to give the necessary instructions to the locomotive driver to ensure the safety of railway traffic.
3. Until the traffic centralisation of Ropka station is rebuilt and the equipment at the level crossing is upgraded in 2024, pay special attention to the operation of the equipment. Considering the age of the equipment, intensify its technical inspection.
AS Eesti Liinirongid
1. TousethematerialsoftheseriousrailwaytrafficaccidentinRopkaon11.03.22in the training of railway rolling stock drivers, to form an attitude for the development of their communication culture with the railway traffic managers with the aim of forwarding information about the changes characterising the traffic if it is unexpected, and the reasons or connections may not have been fully clarified.
Emergency Centre
1. To analyse all the characteristic features of the term "information holder". Bring the use of the term "information holder" in line with the meaning of the Rescue Act, the Railways Act and the Regulation on the establishment of a database for the processing of emergency notifications and the basic regulations for maintaining the database.
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