SCR held  "Save the Life" safety campaign

ArmInfo.The "South Caucasian Railway" company in order to prevent road accidents on the railway on September 9 held a "Save the Life" safety campaign.   According to the press service of the SCR, within the framework of  the campaign, drivers of vehicles at crossings across railway tracks  were provided with information materials on the rules for safe  crossing of tracks.

The campaign was held at crossings with the most intensive traffic  throughout the country. The event was organized jointly with the  Traffic Police, which also has broad powers in the organization and  technical equipment for the safe crossing of railway tracks by  vehicles.

In general, there are 103 level crossings across the country, of  which 30 are regulated and 73 are unregulated (including 4 crossings  are automatically regulated). In addition, there are about 25  unauthorized crossings through the tracks that threaten the safety of  train traffic.

This year alone, thanks to the prompt actions of the railway workers,  it was possible to prevent more than 250 cases of external dangerous  impacts on the safety of train traffic. However, it is not always  possible to prevent accidents. So, in the first 8 months of this  year, the number of road accidents and collisions on the railway  amounted to 10 cases, including 2 cases of falling vehicles on the  way from bridges. In 2019, the maximum number of such events was  recorded - 28 cases.

"Over the 10 years of concession activities, the operational work of  the South Caucasus Railway has become much more intensive - the  number of "through trains", following without stopping, has  increased, the speed of trains has increased 2.4 times, weight - by  34%, traffic intensity - by 7%, - Sergey Harutyunyan, the chief  auditor on the safety of train traffic of the South Caucasus Railways  noted. " Local authorities can provide real assistance in solving the  problem of violations of transport safety rules on the railway. Only  joint, everyday work and the strictest implementation of laws will  guarantee the safety of both the railway and citizens. And I urge our  citizens should always remember: it takes time to stop a train, but  to stop life - just one moment. "

South Caucasian Railway CJSC is a 100% subsidiary of Russian Railways  OJSC and carries out concession management of the Armenian railways.  The railway infrastructure of Armenia was transferred to the  concession management of the "South Caucasus Railways" CJSC in  accordance with the Concession Agreement signed on February 13, 2008.  The term of the concession management is 30 years with the right to  renew for another 10 years.