Safety requirements and transport of dangerous goods through the 53 kilometer railway tunnel through the Alps between Lyon and Turin

The Lyon-Turin rail link between France and Italy, crossing the Alps, is one of the major projects in Europe. This high speed link is an important connection in the pan-European railway network. In 2015 the first trains will run. The link will be used by high speed passenger trains, freight trains and Autoroute Ferroviaire (trucks on the train) and will consist of a 53 km long tunnel crossing the border between France and Italy as well as the 12 km long Bussoleno tunnel. For such a project, the safety expectations are very high. Before starting the detailed design of the tunnel, it is therefore of importance which safety measures are to be integrated in the tunnel to meet the defined safety principles. The safety principles have been carried out in order to determine the functional requirements specifications of all safety measures and precautions in the tunnels to minimize the risks. The outcomes are input for further technical studies of the projectas well as for the definition of the layout and design of the tunnel. It is up to the design engineers to incorporate all proposed measures in the tunnel (A). For the covering abstract of the conference se ITRD E216839.