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expertise on systems and sub-systems after operational events or failure
Leading and coordinating cross checks between operations, maintenance and system providers
Supporting the integration of new opera - tions after franchise acquisitions or transfer to set-up and validate the appropriate organisation depending on the local regulation requirements
Keolis Group representation in the national or international organisations (UITP, UTP etc.).
The Safety Group is organised around a core team mainly consisting of the safety engineers of our worldwide franchises, but also of
safety for the Bergen tram (15 vehicles, 10km, 40 drivers) from the SMS managed by Dean Matthews in Melbourne (more than 400 vehicles, 250km, 1,200 drivers) or Anne Cosson in Lille (74km driverless metro line, 120 trainsets, more than 100 operators, and two other tram lines). But all three have the same responsibility which is to control and improve the level of safety for passenger service. The responsibilities regarding safety remain
in charge of the local franchise organisations managing the operations and maintenance for the PTA according to regional or national regulations and safety standards with which the system should comply. Our policy is to consider that safety is not at all the concern of only one person in the
and expertises, guidelines, evolution of the standards and legal obligations, training and conference feedback. These safety committees are really
important for all of us. The level of information shared is essential. Knowledge management, return on
experience, expertise, documents and reference are built and used to elaborate guidelines, best practices, training, and evolution of the organisation, keeping in mind one objective: to reach the highest level of safety. Also, collaboration with systems and
sub-systems providers, PTA, universities are developed to address tramway and metro safety topics to improve methods, maintenance operation or organisation of the operations.
Maintenance of the Paris airport driverless metro shuttle
specialists and experts either in operations, maintenance or projects who play an active role maintaining and guaranteeing the highest level of safety (operation managers, technical engineers, maintenance managers, recognised safety assessors etc.). Our main objective is to develop the
synergies, return on experience, best practices and guidelines regarding safety for metro tramway operations and maintenance. The Safety Group is a key element of success to reaching this goal. You can understand that the safety management system (SMS) is different for Trond Magne Malsnes in Norway, managing
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company, but the responsibility of any person in the company. The Safety Group members are perma -
nently linked together and are able to find support for any topic regarding safety, organisation, operation rules etc. Tram and Metro Safety Committees are
organised at least twice a year in one of our operations to address different topics regarding the evolution of the organisation and the safety activity, operations figures, specific operations or technical events, accidents analysis, collaboration with PTAs and National Safety Authority, analysis and summary of audits
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the Group members and any relevant experts from Keolis to check if the organisation follows the local procedures, rules and manuals. For instance, Rennes metro organisation and Angers tramway operations have recently been reviewed. Technical expertise is also set-up when a
specific event requires a second opinion or specific skills. A cross-check and third party expertise can be organised on specific technical evolutions or project developments through- out the safety group members which are completely independent from the requesting
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