Table of Contents

1. Table of Contents • RSR Mandate • Approach to Safety Regulation • Key Priorities – (2009-10) • Key Performance Highlights (2009-10) • Budget and Financial Performance • 2009-10 State of Safety Data (Preliminary data). • Overview: State of Safety in Railways and key safety challenges. • Medium Term Interventions • Institutional Challenges.

2. Mandate To oversee safety of railway transport, while operators remain responsible for managing safety of their operations; To promote improved safety performance in order to promote the use of rail; To monitor and ensure safety compliance through the conducting of audits, inspections and occurrence investigations; To develop appropriate regulations & standards for safe railway operations To collect and disseminate information relating to safety performance in the railway environment through producing state of safety reports; To promote the harmonization of the railway safety regime of South Africa with SADC railway operations.

3. Approach to Safety Regulation • LEGAL INSTRUMENTS • NRSR Act • Safety Regulations • Safety Standards • Safety Management System • Safety Permit • Cooperative Agreements • COMPLIANCE & • MONITORING • Safety Audits and Inspections • Occurrence Investigations • Safety Assessments of new works/technology and operational improvements • State of Safety Reports • Safety Plans • ENFORCEMENT • Suspension and Revocation of Safety Permit • Restriction or suspension of an activity (unsafe conditions) • Directives and Notices • Lay criminal charge for contraventions • Penalties (proposed)

4. Key Priorities (2009-10) • Safety Regulations. • Safety Standards - • Regulatory Model for various risk operator categories. • Safety Permit Management • Strengthen the Railway Safety Regulatory regime. • Safety Audits • Inspections • Occurrence Investigations • Railway Technology Reviews • Evaluation of Annual Safety Plans • Railway Occurrence Information • Improve Safety Compliance and Adequacy

5. Key Priorities (2009-10) • Safety Awareness Campaigns in collaboration with key Stakeholders. • National Railway Crime Combating Initiative/ Forum • Agreements with stakeholders to improve safety. • Promotion of safety and harmonisation of railway operations in SADC railways • Stakeholder Partnerships to promote and improve safety. • Safety Oversight of the Gautrain Project. • Safety Oversight of dedicated 2010 World Cup services. • Reviews/Assessments of capital programmes by major operators. • Proactive Support of Key initiatives

6. Key Priorities (2009-10) • Sound Financial Management • Revenue Management • Good Corporate Governance • Sound Human Capital Management • Risk Management • Optimal Utilisation of ICT • Improve Institutional Effectiveness.

7. Key Performance Highlights • Conducted a total of 72 Safety Management System Audits. • 16 Ad-hoc Inspections undertaken • 23 Occurrence Investigations and Board of Inquiries conducted. • 43 Technology Reviews completed • Safety Audits, Inspections and Occurrence Investigations. • 27 Targeted technical audits on PRASA regions (Cape Town, Durban and Gauteng) were conducted. • 24 Targeted technical audits on Transnet Freight Rail. • Targeted PRASA/TFR Technical audits focussing on infrastructure integrity, rolling stock maintenance, • communication infrastructure and interface mngt.

8. Key Performance Highlights • 72 Safety Audits • 3 Prohibition Directives issued (when immediate threat to safety was evident) • 17 Improvement Directives issued (when there is a possible threat to safety, e.g. Infrastructure defects) • 6 non-compliance notices (when elements of a safety management system were not implemented). • 253 audit non-conformance notices (relatively minor but important findings within an operator’s safety management system). • 16 Ad-hoc Inspections – resulting in 7 Improvement Directives and 1 non-compliance notice. • 23 Occurrence Investigations resulting in 39 recommendations and 6 Improvement Directives. • Directives and Notices arising from audits, inspections and Occurrence investigations.

9. Key Audit Findings on PRASA and TFR. • PRASA Audits • Sound Safety Management Structure in place –preparation and focussed planning for 2010 World Cup. • Low system capacity, rolling stock backlog/shortage (lead to overcrowding of trains) and age of assets remains a major concern. • Increased demand on system lead to unsafe passenger behaviour. • Poor reliability of rolling stock and infrastructure – particularly the signalling system. Service disruptions • Theft and vandalism has placed immense pressure on maintenance. • Extensive tests on Gauteng infrastructure revealed that it is sound despite major challenges – reliability of radios in trains is a major concern. • High number of vacancies in the safety critical grades in the infrastructure departments. • Transnet Freight Rail Coal Line Audits. • Risk Management processes not embedded in the organisation. • High levels of manual train authorisations – too many train control officer posts not filled. • Signal equipment failures exceedingly high • High levels of vandalism and theft of equipment • Too many vacancies in safety critical and safety related grades.

10. Investment Backlogs. Commuter Rail System. • Investment backlog = R20b • Rolling Stock Recap=R60b • 40% Fleet over 37 yrs & One third constantly out of service – reliability & performance poor. • Signalling system at end of economic life – only 23 (14%) of the 162 signalling installations have not exceeded their design life.

11. Key Performance Highlights • Issued Construction Train Safety Permit and Test and Commissioning Safety Permit. • Safety reviews/assessments of the train control system and rolling stock completed. • Evaluation of Traction Equipment in progress at year end. • Safety Management System report under review at year end (requirement for issuing a Safety Permit for Phase 1 of the project). • Hazard Log developed (identifies possible risks in the entire life-cycle of Gautrain project) and monitored & updated on a regular basis • Gautrain Rapid Rail Project. • 4 PRASA (Metrorail) region based audits conducted. • PRASA’s station programme evaluated. • 8 Audits conducted on Tourist Operators • 2010 World Cup Readiness.

12. Key Performance Highlights • Amended and published the General Railway Safety Management System Standard published. • Human Factors Management Standards (Safety critical positions in railways) – Draft standard developed to be published in 2010/11. • Level Crossings Standard – Draft standard developed. • Level Crossings Risk Assessment model developed and tested at 5 sites. • Guidance notice on the standardisation of railway occurrence management issued to operators. • Penalty Regulations completed but not published at year end. • Revised Permit Fee framework/model developed and approved as part of implementing the amended NRSR Act. • Regulatory model for regulating small/low risk operators developed – to enable RSR to focus more resources on high risk operators. • Railway Safety Standards, Guides and Regulations.

13. Key Performance Highlights • Integrated railway safety campaigns initiated in cooperation with PRASA, TFR , Railway Police and Commuter Organisations. • The MOU with the Chemical Industry Association (with regard to the transportation of dangerous goods by rail) . • MOU with the South African Police Services. • Active participation in the national Railway Crime Combating Forum (forum to address issues around crime and security in the railway environment). • Regional safety standards in the Southern African Region through the Southern African Railways Association – regional safety policy adopted by the SARA Board in 2008/09) • Stakeholder Partnerships to improve Safety. • Monitoring Safety Performance in the Railway Industry. • Revised format for the 2008/09 State of Safety • Evaluated 320 Annual Safety Improvement Plans.

14. Budget 2009 - 2010

15. Income 2009 - 2010

16. Budget & Expenditure for 2009 - 2010

19. Medium Term Budget

29. 7. Personal safety on trains 8.Personal safety on stations 9.Personal safety outside station platform (yards, sidings and depots)

30. 7. Personal safety on trains 8.Personal safety on stations 9.Personal safety outside station platform (yards, sidings and depots)

32. GRAPHS

37. Safety In Railways • Poor safety record over the past 5 years. • From 04/05 - 09/10 combined accrued costs for TFR/Metrorail amounted to just over R3.5b excluding indirect costs. • Collisions & Derailments contributed over 90% of the combined incident costs for both TFR & Metrorail. • Concerns around the condition of aging infrastructure, Rolling Stock, Signalling and Radio systems and capacity planning. • Vandalism and theft of railway assets/infrastructure • Inadequate capacity to meet demand • ( Safety implications).

38. Safety In Railways • Personal Safety in trains and stations • Vehicle driver behaviour – level crossings accidents. • Shortage of technical skills. • Challenges in relation to balancing investments between maintaining the current system while migrating to new technologies. • General negative perception about rail transport in relation to safety and operational efficiency.

39. Medium Term Interventions. • The assessment of the condition/status of critical elements of the infrastructure, rolling stock, operational systems and management from both individual and overall systems perspective through undertaking technical audits. • The interrogation of the level of implementation and compliance with safety directives arising out of audits, inspections and investigations. • An assessment of measures undertaken to address investment backlogs – to deal with issues of capacity/(commuter rail system) – safety assessment of new technologies. • An assessment of the extent to which sufficient measures are taken to ensure that the current assets continue to be used in a safe manner whilst renewal programmes are being introduced. • An analysis of the measures that are in place to ensure the safety and security of railway assets, passengers and the public within the railway reserve and surrounding environment. • An interrogation of measures that are in place to ensure sustainable capacity for railway operations.

40. Key Institutional Challenges • Funding Constraints • Limited Inspectorate capacity.(13 Inspectors – minimum required 35) (e.g. TFR has 22 000 km rail network, PRASA 2400km) • Limited overall staff complement in other critical functions of the organisation. Limited resources to undertake other critical safety activities such safety standards development, outreach/safety awareness programmes. • Inability to develop an appropriate information management system / inadequate investment in IT. • Lack of an appropriate compliance monitoring system. • Increased “New Rail Works/Projects” will place additional pressure on RSR’s limited capacity. • Limited Research capacity. • Alternative funding mechanisms • General shortage of technical skills in the railway industry. • Need to strengthen the enforcement regime – penalty system underway. • Funding Challenges confronting railway operators (mainly the commuter rail services).

41. We hope that RSR interventions will contribute in; Enhancing a safety management culture railways. Reducing accidents & costs associated with railway occurrences. (transport costs) Promoting rail as a preferred mode of transport Conclusion