Today, the Minister of Transport and Communications Krasimira Stoyanova requested immediate measures and actions from all bodies controlling safety in railway transport in the system of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The Executive Agency "Railway Administration" started an extraordinary inspection of all regional operating divisions of the National Railway Infrastructure. It will cover how the rules and procedures of the safety management system are applied in the NK Railway and how responsibilities are allocated when carrying out construction and repair work on the railway and facilities. An analysis will be made of the implementation of previous recommendations and prescriptions made by the Agency in planned and extraordinary inspections and the results will be presented by 27.12.2024.
The Director General of the NRIC has, by an order, banned maintenance work on the railway infrastructure in inter-stations when railway lines are open for train traffic. Video and sound recording equipment will be installed in all working areas where train movements are ensured. An extraordinary audit of all railway infrastructure facilities, including heavy machinery and building stock, as well as the way records are kept in stations, has also been launched.