Mitigation for level crossing handlings on the Padang - Pulau Aie Railway Corridor

Abstract

In disaster management plan, transportation accident is one of the impacts of the technology failures. During 2020, fourteen train accidents in the Drive II Region of West Sumatra. On March 12, 2020, PT. KAI, West Sumatra has reactivated railway Padang - Pulau aie corridor. At the beginning of the reactivation phase, there are potential crossings on 12 (twelve) points along the railway corridor. At this level crossing point, it is very prone to traffic accidents, handlings are necessary at the level crossing. In this research, there was conduction identification of the requirement of signs, markings, traffic lights and road equipment at the level of crossings, then a checklist is made whether signs, markings, traffic lights and road equipment at the level crossing of the train line, qualify as the effort to prevent accidents. The study was conducted by reviewing regulations related to railroad crossings and an inventory of all crossings in the Padang - Pulau Aie corridor was carried out to whether the crossing was fulfilled as a safe crossing in accordance with existing regulations. As a result, handlings have been carried out at the level crossing along the corridor, but there are a number of requirements on the existing regulations that have not yet been fulfilled.