Reduction of Suicides and Trespasses on RAILway property

Project Information

RESTRAIL

Grant agreement ID: 285153

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2011

End date 30 September 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)

Total cost € 3 868 392,60

EU contribution € 2 816 243,00

Coordinated by

UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER
France

Objective

The aim of the RESTRAIL project is to reduce the occurrence of suicides and trespasses on railway property and the costly service disruption these events cause, by providing the rail industry with an analysis and identification of cost-effective prevention and mitigation measures.

The project starts by identifying the state of the art of best practices and research findings (inside and outside Europe) combined with an analysis of factors (internal to railways or external such as media communication) influencing the occurrence of suicides and trespasses and their consequences, based on official data sources and other collected data. This work will consider hotspots and other high risk access points such as level crossings, station platform ends and bridges.

This is followed by an assessment of existing countermeasures (technical and soft) for reducing suicides, preventing trespasses and mitigating the consequences on rail operations. Attention will then be given to the development of new approaches particularly those involving soft measures. The project will demonstrate some selected measures in order to evaluate the findings and finally develop recommendations and guidelines.

This project is led by railways since it is a rail related topic which aims to answer the concerns of the rail industry. However an essential feature of the project is the involvement of a wide range of relevant professional expert knowledge in the areas of human science and health, law enforcement, emergency services, education and social services, media and communication, road and rail. This will ensure the project output is of practical use to all who can be involved with suicides and trespasses.

The final outcome will be a toolkit, accessible through a user friendly interface (for consultation and continuous update) in order to support the decision-makers in taking practical steps to reduce suicides and trespasses and to mitigate the consequences once an event occurs.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › governance › public services
• social sciences › media and communications
• social sciences › law › law enforcement

Programme(s)

• FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)

Topic(s)

• SST.2011.4.1-2. - Mitigation measures and good practice to reduce human fatalities and disruption of services resulting from suicides and trespasses on railways property

Call for proposal

FP7-SST-2011-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project

Coordinator

UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER

• EU contribution: € 543 950,00
• Address: RUE JEAN REY 16 ; 75015 Paris ; France
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Aline Wego (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (17)

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT

Participation ended

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A ; 02044 VTT ESPOO
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Anne Silla (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY

Finland

• EU contribution: € 418 725,00
• Address: TEKNIIKANTIE 21 ; 02150 Espoo
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Helsinki-Uusimaa › Helsinki-Uusimaa
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Anne Silla (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TRAFIKVERKET - TRV

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 115 950,00
• Address: RODA VAGEN 1 ; 781 89 Borlange
• Region: Norra Sverige › Norra Mellansverige › Dalarnas län
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Lars Jonsson (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DES TRANSPORTS, DE L'AMENAGEMENT ET DES RESEAUX

France

• EU contribution: € 193 862,00
• Address: BOULEVARD ISAAC NEWTON 14 CITE DESCARTES 14-20 ; 77447 MARNE LA VALLEE CEDEX 2
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: El Miloudi El Koursi (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

M T R S 3 SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES LTD

Israel

• EU contribution: € 168 750,00
• Address: 13 STERN AVRAHAM ; 4641213 Herzliya
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Eran Cherpak (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACION CIDAUT

Spain

• EU contribution: € 216 312,00
• Address: PLAZA VICENTE ALEIXANDRE CAMPOS 2 PQ TECNOLOGICO DE BOECILLO 209 ; 47151 Valladolid
• Region: Centro (ES) › Castilla y León › Valladolid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Francisco Javier Nuñez Fernandez (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 104 026,00
• Address: INGOLSTADTER LANDSTRASSE 1 ; 85764 Neuherberg
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Landkreis
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Juergen Ertel (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 149 680,00
• Address: UNIVERSITETSGATAN 2 ; 651 88 Karlstad
• Region: Norra Sverige › Norra Mellansverige › Värmlands län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kerstin Norén (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACION DE LOS FERROCARRILES ESPANOLES

Spain

• EU contribution: € 158 700,00
• Address: C SANTA ISABEL 44 ; 28012 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Milagros Conde Calvo (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI DEVLET DEMIR YOLLARI ISLETMESI GENEL MUDURLUGU

Türkiye

• EU contribution: € 53 740,00
• Address: TALATPASA BULVARI 5 GAR ALTINDAG ; 06330 Ankara
• Region: Batı Anadolu › Ankara › Ankara
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ali Salih Akbaykal (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

DEUTSCHE BAHN AG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 93 632,00
• Address: POTSDAMER PLATZ 2 ; 10785 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Schaer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTYTUT KOLEJNICTWA

Poland

• EU contribution: € 59 393,00
• Address: CHLOPICKIEGO 50 ; 04 275 WARSZAWA
• Region: Makroregion województwo mazowieckie › Warszawski stołeczny › Miasto Warszawa
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Witold Olpinski (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

PRORAIL BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 81 132,00
• Address: MOREELSEPARK 3 ; 3511 EP Utrecht
• Region: West-Nederland › Utrecht › Utrecht
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Halling Moens (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NICE SYSTEMS LTD

Israel

• EU contribution: € 159 251,00
• Address: HAPNINA 8 ; 43107 RA ANANA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Oren Deri (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

HITACHI RAIL STS SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 104 070,00
• Address: VIA ARGINE 425 ; 16151 NAPOLI
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Liguria › Genova
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Antonio Ruggieri (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 158 170,00
• Address: University Park ; NG7 2RD Nottingham
• Region: East Midlands (England) › Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire › Nottingham
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Paul Cartledge (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INFRABEL SA

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 36 900,00
• Address: MARCEL BROODTHAERSPLEIN 2 ; 1060 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Marc Smeets (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data