SCR reminds citizens to follow safety standards
29.07.2013,
15:15
SCR urges citizens to follow safety rules on the railway especially after a freight train collided with cattle on the 2803 km of railway line Qarakert-Arteni on July 28, 2013 at 17: 25, the company reported Monday.
YEREVAN, July 29./ARKA/.SCR urges citizens to follow safety rules on the railway especially after a freight train collided with cattle on the 2803 km of railway line Qarakert-Arteni on July 28, 2013 at 17: 25, the company reported Monday.
The Rolling stock of 22 cars weighing 1,738 tons drove onto 6 cows. The collision caused a breakdown of the train, the repair of which took an hour at Qarakert station.
“In connection with the recent incident on the track CJSC "South Caucasus Railway" once again reminds citizens to follow safety standards and do not use the way for grazing and transhumance. SCR encourages citizens to be more attentive at the railway stations, while transition the tracks,” according to the source.
The company requires to strictly follow safety standards and calls on citizens not to cross the railroad tracks not on the proper location.
For its part, SCR takes all necessary measures to ensure traffic safety: holds a program of repair of railway crossings, regularly carried out to identify shortcomings on crossings, conducts technical studies for the duties and spreads fliers among drivers about road safety.
Rail transport like automobile can not stop at once: in an emergency stopping passenger trains pass a distance of at least 800 meters.
“Be careful and remember that by your wrong actions you endanger not only yourselves, but also the lives and health of passengers!”
South Caucasus Railways, a 100-percent subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs Armenian Railway.
Armenian Railways was handed over to the South Caucasus Railways on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to prolong the management term for other 10 years.—0
The Rolling stock of 22 cars weighing 1,738 tons drove onto 6 cows. The collision caused a breakdown of the train, the repair of which took an hour at Qarakert station.
“In connection with the recent incident on the track CJSC "South Caucasus Railway" once again reminds citizens to follow safety standards and do not use the way for grazing and transhumance. SCR encourages citizens to be more attentive at the railway stations, while transition the tracks,” according to the source.
The company requires to strictly follow safety standards and calls on citizens not to cross the railroad tracks not on the proper location.
For its part, SCR takes all necessary measures to ensure traffic safety: holds a program of repair of railway crossings, regularly carried out to identify shortcomings on crossings, conducts technical studies for the duties and spreads fliers among drivers about road safety.
Rail transport like automobile can not stop at once: in an emergency stopping passenger trains pass a distance of at least 800 meters.
“Be careful and remember that by your wrong actions you endanger not only yourselves, but also the lives and health of passengers!”
South Caucasus Railways, a 100-percent subsidiary of Russian Railways, runs Armenian Railway.
Armenian Railways was handed over to the South Caucasus Railways on February 13, 2008 for 30-year concession management with a right to prolong the management term for other 10 years.—0
