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This chapter illustrates which are the methodologies and instruments for protecting one of the most critical infrastructures: the railway network. After a comprehensive overview about the potential threats, the chapter describes the security strategy, technologies and cooperation with Public Authorities which should be put in place to protect the railway infrastructure in a complete and effective way.
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The Corridor X is one of the pan-European corridors. It runs between Salzburg in Austria and Thessaloniki in Greece. The corridor passes through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece.
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Any public or private company which provides services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail
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The CEE Directive no. 440/1991 laid the foundations to rearrange the European railway system. According to the previous structure, a national railway company (monopolist) often worked for the Ministry of Transport supported by private companies in charge of minor lines in concession regime. The Directive has imposed the accounting separation between the infrastructure management and the transport services, promoting the liberalization and the competition in rail transport trade.
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Fiumara, F. (2015). The Railway Security: Methodologies and Instruments for Protecting a Critical Infrastructure. In: Setola, R., Sforza, A., Vittorini, V., Pragliola, C. (eds) Railway Infrastructure Security. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04426-2_3
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