Zero tolerance for non-compliance of safety and security standards for the transport of passengers and freights in the railway sector. That stated the caretaker Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev in an extraordinary meeting with the Railway Administration Executive Agency (RAEA) and the Railway Accidents Investigation Unit. The reason for it was yesterday's accident with the composition of the private railway undertaking in Dylgopol-Komunari interstation.
Minister Hristo Alexiev ordered to RAEA immediate inspections of all the railway undertakings that perform freight traffic on the territory of the country. “There must be paid particular attention to the fulfilment of the safety instructions by the traffic crew as well as the regulated and the regulated time-offs and working hours" stated Hristo Alexiev.
The Railway Accidents Investigation Unit has the task to conduct a prompt investigation in order in short terms to be found the technical cause for the yesterday's accident and preventive measures to be undertaken.
Minister Hristo Alexiev assigned to RAEA to develop a system for electronic exams to control the knowledge of the staff involved in ensuring the safety of passengers and freights railway traffic of the railway undertakings and SE National Railway Infrastructure Company.