SPECIFIC REGULATIONS ON NAMING OF RAILWAY LINES AND RAILWAY STATIONS
On April 16, 2018, the Government issues the Decree No. 56/2018/ND-CP on management and protection of railway infrastructure.
This Decree provides for management and protection of railway infrastructure, including: naming of railway lines and railway stations; removal of railway lines; safety perimeter of railway works and railway safety corridor; management and use of land area for rail transport; responsibility for management and protection of railway infrastructure.
Accordingly, the existing railway lines and stations retain their existing name; and names of railway stations on a line should not be identical to each other; the railway station is named after a place, historical figure, national hero, or historic site at the location where the railway station is located, or named using ordinal numbers or characters.
To remove the railway lines and stations when the operation of railway lines and stations affects national defense and security secrets, national sovereignty and interests; railway lines and stations are no longer conformable to the railway line and station development planning approved by the competent authority.
The width of the railway safety corridor is the distance from the outer edge of the safety perimeter of the railway to each side: 05 m, regarding the high-speed rail within urban areas, 15 m, regarding the high-speed rail outside urban areas.
03 m, regarding the surface urban railway and the remaining railway; houses from flammable materials must be at least 05 m away from the boundary of the railway safety corridor…
This Circular takes effect on July 01, 2018.
