Designing a crisis communication plan in the Chinese Ministry of Railways

This project presents a crisis communication plan for the Chinese Ministry of Railways, as Wenzhou high-speed train crash incident is the background. The project includes a literature review about crisis, crisis stage, crisis management, and crisis communication in organization. The project also includes an analysis of Wenzhou high-speed train crash incident to explain its unsuccessful crisis communication which was used by the Chinese Ministry of Railways. On 23 July, 2011, a critical accident involving two high-speed trains occurred. This Wenzhou high-speed train accident killed 35 people, and there were also 190 people injured. The crash occurred because a lightning strike cut the power of one train which was later hit by the following train. By conducting the previous research, the researcher designed a crisis communication plan for the Chinese Ministry of Railways to use when addressing crisis situation.Department of JournalismThesis (M.A.

Evaluation of management strategies for the operation of high-speed railways in China

High-Speed Train (HST) operations have recently been introduced in rail passenger transportation markets worldwide. Although the technologies for such operations have levelled at speeds of around 300 km/h, the operating parameters to be adopted in each application will differ from country to country. The operating environment will be one of the crucial success factors for the implementation of HST operations in China. This paper compares three different management/ownership models which might be used in China. The paper analyzes the characteristics of each model and proposes an optimal plan of an operational system to develop HST operations in China by using a hierarchy goals achievement matrix approach

AGAINTS AND FOR THE HIGH SPEED TRAINS' MULTIMPLICATION

In this exposure we intend to make visible the situation in which global warming is given by road and air transport, how could be revitalized railways, and how high speed trains could become a preferred mode of transport. But there is manifesting an opposition to railway development, nurtured by different interests, ranking from governments themselves, to oil importing countries, oil exporting countries, oil companies with their colligate partners situated along the oil distribution chain. But, there could be identified some voices which could create themselves the possibility to speak lauder in order to promote railway transportation. The greens, NGOs, the epistemic communities, for example, could unite their force to make something in order to provide the framework for rail transportation's development, and for road and air transport reduction, for the benefit of while humankind.climate change, epistemic communities, high speed trains, political costs

Моделювання процесу оперативного регулювання швидкісних міжрегіональних пасажирських перевезень

У статті представлено реалізацію перспективної розробки з удосконалення системи швидкісних міжрегіональних пасажирських перевезень залізниць України. Здійснено моделювання системи підтримки прийняття рішень оперативного управління процесом експлуатації швидкісного рухомого складу.The article presents the implementation of advanced development to improve the high-speed inter-regional passenger transportation system of railways in Ukraine. Performed simulation decision of support system for operational control in exploitation process of high-speed rolling stock

Shinkansen investment before and after JNR reform

Shinkansen' refers to Japan’s dedicated high-speed intercity rail system, and it was initially introduced between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka in 1964 prior to other countries. This event accelerated the development of high-speed railways in other countries. In Japan its total length and the number of lines have increased since then contributing to the economic development of the country. As with other conventional railways, Shinkansen was constructed and operated by the Japanese National Railways (JNR). There is another issue which Japan’s railway experienced prior to other countries, namely railway reform which was implemented in April 1987. This separated JNR into six independent passenger railway companies. Since then, the financial resources for Shinkansen construction were modified so as not to worsen the financial situation of the new companies, and public finances have been utilized in order to extend the lines. Even after separation into independent companies, operation of Shinkansen trains, including through-service trains crossing borders between companies, has been smooth. This article outlines how construction and operation of Shinkansen lines has been modified through JNR reform. As Shinkansen lines have been built in various markets in Japan over a half century, traffic volume varies greatly depending on the line. Based on published data, this paper examines the changes to high-speed rail transport and appraises its outcomes including the financial aspects of the operating companies

European Railway Comparisons: Final Report

The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds and the British Railways Board (BRB) carried out a major comparative study of Western European railways in the late 1970s (BRB and University of Leeds, 1979). Follow-up work was carried out by ITS financed by the Social Science Research Council and reported by Nash (1985). It was deaded to revive this work at ITS for a number of reasons: It is over ten years since the last set of comparisons (for 1981) were made at ITS and therefore a review of the changes in costs and productivity may be timely. There has been a number of technical developments that make the use of statistical cost analysis more promising. These developments include the use of more flexible functional forms such as the translog, and the development of comprehensive total factor productivity indices (see, for example, Dodgson, 1985 and, more recently, Hensher and Waters, 1993). There is increasing interest in the organisational structure of railway industries as a result of the 1988 Transport Act in Sweden, the EC directive 91/4-40 and the publication of proposals for privatising British Rail in July 1992 (see, for example, ECMT, 1993). Given the explosion in information technology, there were some hopes that data availability would have improved. (Continues..

Investing in high speed rail: when waiting is socially profitable

Public investment in high speed infrastructure is a priority of the Spanish government. High speed is a technological breakthrough in transport but, from an economic point of view, the question is whether is socially worthy to allocate public funds to this transport option. The answer requires a comparison of benefits and costs for each corridor. In this paper the analysis of the profitability of the high speed rail investment is made using the information obtained from a survey to the users of the corridor Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona.infrastructure, public investment, transport, railways, cost-benefit analysis