Assessment of the environmental safety’s aspects of the transportation of dangerous goods by railways - Part. I.

Abstract

Ensuring a high level of protection to the population and the environmental elements bears special importance and poses a complex task at the same time. After the determination of the environmental aspects of dangerous goods transport by rail, this paper asses the air pollution environmental impacts of railway transport. In the next part of the series of papers, the authors are going to examine water and soil pollution, noise and vibration pollution as well as the effects of dangerous waste. Finally, the authors set out to perform an assessment on the environmental safety activities of the national railway company.