The selected methods of the risk assessment and analysis of signaling railway systems about the whole railway system were introduced in the article. The selected methods applied at the first stage of safety requirements definition within the preliminary system definition described at a high level of abstraction will be considered. It will be discussed the application of a holistic approach with the management of residual risk. The risk models will be presented and steps of assessing, analyzing, and evaluating risk, including hazard identification, consequences analysis, and selection of risk acceptance principles. The article's key aspect will be the determination of quantitative safety targets based on the THR indicator as an important parameter for further hazard analysis of the system, particularly in computer application. Normative and legislation requirements in the scope of risk assessment for the railway system will be considered, including the interoperability and safety directives and decrees regulations.

The purpose of the article is to present selected method of risk assessment of railway control and signaling systems, including current normative and legal bases, such as directives and regulations that regulate the interoperability and safety of the railway system. Selected methods used at the initial stage of creating safety requirements and referring to the initial definition of the system defined at a high level of abstraction are considered. Issues of holistic approach and residual risk management are also discussed. Risk models are presented as well as individual steps of risk analysis, evaluation, and assessment, including hazard identification, impact analysis, and selection of the risk acceptance principle. Selected model based on hazard and operability studies (HAZOP) and an adapted risk graph was applied to the real signalling equipment. The key aspect undertaken in the article is the proposal to set quantitative safety objectives based on the safety integrity level/tolerable hazard rate (SIL/THR) indicator, as an important parameter in further analysis of the system, especially in computer applications. The result of study showed that application of proposed combination HAZOP and adapted risk graph method are efficient and suitable for a railway signalling application. The results and conclusion are presented in Chapters 4 and 6 of the article.

Oddziaływania wibroakustyczne w aglomeracji miejskiej stanowią ważny element pogarszający komfort warunków pracy i odpoczynku dla mieszkańców. Jako główne powierzchniowe źródła tych oddziaływań wskazać można strefy uprzemysłowione, ale poza tymi obszarami występuje znacząca liczba źródeł liniowych w postaci szlaków komunikacyjnych. We wskazanych miejscach zidentyfikować można punktowe źródła przemysłowe oraz punktowe źródła ruchome o losowej lub okresowej powtarzalności, które stanowią pojedyncze przejazdy środków transportu. Interakcje dynamiczne zachodzące pomiędzy suprastrukturą oraz eksploatowaną infrastrukturą transportową są zjawiskiem ważnym i podlegają ciągłym analizom, ze względu na mnogość stosowanych rozwiązań systemów wibroizolacji. Statystyki wykazują, iż narażenie mieszkańców miast stanowi około 60% całkowitej populacji społeczeństwa łącznego narażenia na oddziaływania wibroakustyczne. W pracy poddano uwadze oddziaływania emitowane do środowiska dla wybranych typów rozwiązań wibroizolacji wybranego torowiska tramwajowego z zachowaniem tego samego wymuszenia. Poddano szczegółowej analizie oddziaływania występujące w otoczeniu torowiska. W badaniach wykorzystano autorskie oprogramowanie w środowisku Matlab.

This article presents a synthesis of the assessment opportunities for the implementation of automation of rail vehicles in Poland. The evaluation was to identify the threats to the implementation of automation of the above mentioned vehicles and then to assign to them the effects and probabilities of occurrence. For the purpose of probability estimation, a review of selected scientific, technical, formal and legal sources was carried out. Definitions of grades of automation (GoA) were given, assigning technical and safety functionalities to them. Functional classification has been made with regard to traffic safety. The problem of passengers' and drivers' social feelings towards the introduction of automatic vehicles has been pointed out. A formal and legal analysis of the possibility of implementing automatic rail vehicle traffic in Poland was also carried out.

This article refers to the nomenclature of modes of ERTMS/ETCS on-board equipment. The article presents descriptions of modes, the naming of specific modes used in Polish literature and the proposal of Polish naming of each of them. Moreover, article draws attention to the need of unifying the nomenclature and propagation of knowledge about the modes of the ERTMS/ETCS on-board equipment.