Common-basis safety management system for railway infrastructure managers
Author
Boch, Kirstine Rauschenberg Rejmers
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-06-10
Abstract
To obtain safety approval to operate railway infrastructure in Denmark, infrastructure managers must establish a Safety Management System (SMS) compliant with BEK 712 and EU Regulation 2018/762. The National Safety Authority (NSA) assesses compliance but does not prescribe how an SMS should be constructed, resulting in diverse, locally tailored systems. This thesis examines whether a common basis can ensure SMS functions meet legislative requirements across different infrastructure managers. The work maps regulatory SMS requirements for various railway types, reviews Danish best‑practice approaches, and draws on stakeholder input, system identification, and risk perspectives to develop a draft, scalable framework. Findings indicate a common basis is partly feasible but must be tailored to an organization’s size, activities, and risk profile. The thesis proposes an activity‑ and risk‑based blueprint, differentiated tools for core SMS functions (e.g., competence management, training, and monitoring) to enable the simplest adequate solution, and a digital, web/portal‑based SMS with an option for paper‑based processes. The aim is to limit bespoke solutions while maintaining compliance and operational safety.
For at få sikkerhedsgodkendelse til at drive jernbaneinfrastruktur i Danmark skal infrastrukturforvaltere have et etableret sikkerhedsledelsessystem (SMS) i overensstemmelse med BEK 712 og EU‑forordning 2018/762. Den nationale sikkerhedsmyndighed (NSA) vurderer overholdelse af kravene, men foreskriver ikke, hvordan et SMS skal opbygges, hvilket fører til mange lokale løsninger. Denne afhandling undersøger, om et fælles grundlag kan bruges til at sikre, at SMS‑funktioner opfylder lovgivningskrav på tværs af forskellige infrastrukturforvaltere. Arbejdet omfatter kortlægning af regulative SMS‑krav for forskellige jernbanetyper, gennemgang af danske best‑practice‑tilgange og inddragelse af interessenter, samt system‑ og risikoperspektiver, for at udvikle et udkast til en skalerbar ramme. Resultatet peger på, at et fælles grundlag delvist er muligt, men skal tilpasses efter organisationens størrelse, aktiviteter og risikoprofil. Afhandlingen foreslår et aktivitets‑ og risikobaseret udkast til blueprint, differentierede værktøjer i centrale SMS‑funktioner (f.eks. kompetencestyring, træning og overvågning), så den enkleste tilstrækkelige løsning vælges, samt at SMS’et udformes som et digitalt, web‑/portalbaseret system med mulighed for papirbaserede processer. Formålet er at reducere behovet for unikke løsninger, samtidig med at overholdelse og driftssikkerhed fastholdes.
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