Passenger Door System, Alarm System and Communication System: Safety and Standardised Operation

Project description

Problem to solve

• Safety related issues: passenger doors are the first cause of accident for passengers.
• Assure and assess reliable functionalities and uniformity of behavior. Define the minimum operation requirements profiles for Door, Passenger Alarm and Passenger Communication System.
• Supply to the UIC Members the technical basis upon which to develop the UIC – IEC cooperation and harmonisation of standards on these items agreed between IEC and UIC: the project is needed to define Railway Operating Companies requirements about these topics.
• Unification of the different interfaces of the train access door system and of the on-board alarm and communication systems.
• Improve and simplify technical and operation management of these train subsystems.

Benefits

• Accessibility to standardised and interchangeable components.
• Reduced number of spare parts and testing procedures.
• Simplified maintenance of door systems, even for non homogeneous fleets (troubleshooting, training, testing).
• Harmonisation/Unification of door operation. Definition of the common levels and categories of operation and safety evaluation.
• Harmonisation/Unification of operation and establishment of full specified levels of safety for Door Systems and for Alarm and Passenger Communication Systems.
• Standardisation of the interfaces of the Systems.
• Availability of multiple source suppliers.