Commissioner of Railway Safety

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The Commissioner of Railway Safety is the statutory authority in India responsible for overseeing and regulating the safety of railway operations, including inspections, accident investigations, and approval of new railway works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government post ⓘ
railway safety regulator ⓘ
statutory authority ⓘ
appointedBy Government of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
goal prevention of railway accidents ⓘ
protection of passengers ⓘ
protection of public using railway infrastructure ⓘ
protection of railway staff ⓘ
hasAuthority to conduct statutory inquiries into railway accidents ⓘ
to impose safety-related conditions on railway works ⓘ
to withhold opening of new lines on safety grounds ⓘ
hasSubdivision regional circles of Commissioners of Railway Safety ⓘ
headquartersLocation New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
independentOf Ministry of Railways ⓘ
jurisdiction Indian Railways ⓘ
government railway systems in India ⓘ
metro rail systems in India ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Railways (Open Lines) General Rules and related safety codes ⓘ
Railways Act, 1989 ⓘ
oversees construction of new railway lines for safety compliance ⓘ
doubling and capacity enhancement projects for safety compliance ⓘ
electrification works for safety compliance ⓘ
gauge conversion projects for safety compliance ⓘ
open line operations for safety compliance ⓘ
signalling and telecommunication systems for safety compliance ⓘ
parentAgency Commission of Railway Safety ⓘ
partOf safety regulatory framework of Indian rail transport ⓘ
predecessor Commissioner of Government Railways ⓘ
reportsTo Ministry of Civil Aviation ⓘ
responsibleFor approval of new railway lines ⓘ
approval of new railway works ⓘ
enforcement of statutory safety provisions on railways ⓘ
inspection of railway infrastructure ⓘ
inspection of railway lines ⓘ
inspection of rolling stock for safety compliance ⓘ
investigation of railway accidents ⓘ
investigation of serious railway incidents ⓘ
monitoring implementation of safety recommendations ⓘ
railway safety oversight ⓘ
recommendation of safety measures ⓘ
safety certification of new railway projects ⓘ
sector rail transport safety ⓘ
subordinateTo Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety ⓘ
worksWith Metro rail corporations in India ⓘ
Ministry of Railways ⓘ
Zonal Railways ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Railways → safetyAgency → Commissioner of Railway Safety ⓘ
Delhi division of Northern Railway → safetyRegulator → Commissioner of Railway Safety (for its jurisdiction) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Mumbai Central railway division → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (Western Circle) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Commissioner of Railway Safety → parentAgency → Commission of Railway Safety ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Commissioner of Railway Safety → subordinateTo → Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Garib Rath Express → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (India) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
West Central Railway → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (India) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
South East Central Railway zone → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (India) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Tiruchirappalli railway division → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (India) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety
Delhi suburban railway → safetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety ⓘ
Mumbai Division → railSafetyAuthority → Commissioner of Railway Safety (Western Circle, as applicable) ⓘ
linked to: Commissioner of Railway Safety