Chương VII Luật Đường sắt 2017: Đường sắt đô thị

Chapter VII

URBAN RAILWAYS

Article 70. General requirements for urban railways

1. Development of urban railways must be conformable to the local development planning and facilitate urban development.

2. Other modes of transport shall be effectively connected in urban areas to serve the transport of passengers. Spatial and technical connections must be established between urban railway works and surrounding works to ensure uniformity according to the urban planning.

3. Urban railway works, vehicles and equipment must satisfy economic and technical requirements to ensure uniformity, safety and national defense and security, and requirements for fire safety, rescue, urban landscapes and environmental safety.

4. Urban railway safety corridors must meet the following requirements:

a) Do not plant trees or illegally construct works within the corridor;

b) Be separated to prevent unauthorized access;

c) Serve the fire safety and rescue.

5. Ensure convenience for passengers and accessibility to the disabled in accordance with regulations of law.

Article 71. Types of urban railways

1. Urban railways include subways, above-ground subways, overhead trains, monorails and tramways.

2. The establishment and issuance of national technical standards and regulations on types of urban railways shall be compliant with regulations of the Law on Technical Regulations and Standards.

Article 72. Policies on development of urban railways

1. The policies are specified in Article 5 of this Law.

2. The State shall mobilize sources to develop urban railway into one of the main modes of transport in large urban areas.

3. The State shall provide assistance in urban railway business.

Article 73. Responsibility of People’s Committees of provinces for investment, construction and management of urban railways

1. Invest, construct, manage and operate urban railways within their provinces.

2. Decide on application of standards to urban railways.

3. Provide guidance on the protection of railway infrastructure.

4. Introduce or propose policies on or submit the policies on subsidies for providers of urban rail transport services in accordance with regulations of law.

Article 74. Rights and obligations of urban railway enterprises

1. Exercise rights and assume obligations of railway infrastructure enterprises and rail transport enterprises as prescribed in Article 51 and Article 53 of this Law.

2. Research and apply science and technology, and provide training to meet business requirements of enterprises.

Article 75. Requirements for urban railway infrastructure

1. Urban railway infrastructure must ensure stability and meet requirements for safety, environment and fire safety corresponding to the type of existing urban railway.

2. The traction power network must be controlled and monitored in a concentrated manner, stable and readily available when needed in order not to interrupt train operation.

3. Train operation management system must be operated in a concentrated manner.

4. Necessary information and instructions provided for passengers must be explicit in Vietnamese and English.

Article 76. Ticket control system

1. A ticket control system shall use modern and synchronized technology and can be connected to the ticket control system of other modes of transport.

2. The equipment of ticket control system shall prevent and restrict the damage and unauthorized access.

3. The ticket control system shall be easy to access and use, and safe for passengers and railway workers.

Article 77. Safety management of urban railways

1. A newly built or upgraded urban railway shall be required of assessment and certification of system safety; assessed and issued with a Certificate of verification of urban railway system safety documents before it is put into operation.

2. Urban railway enterprises must build safety management system and issued with a certificate of urban railway operation safety management system.

3. The Minister of Transport shall specify the assessment and certification of urban railway system safety and issue the certificate of verification of system safety documents and certificate of urban railway operation safety management system.