Many measures and regulations insure the safety of railway operations. In addition to this belong the generally accepted rules of technology, railway regulations and mainte-nance regulations. Keeping high safety standards continually reduces the amount of dangerous situations in the railway operations during the last years.
Despite this, a derailment is always possible. Based on the high kinetic energy of railway vehicles accidents can produce big damages. By using of guardrails and guiding lines according to the rules it is possible to minimize the impact hazard [...]

Author	UIC - Rail System Department
ISBN	978-2-7461-2370-0
Pages	28