Article 42. Main requirements for safety of movement and operation of railway transport

Mandatory safety requirements for railway transport infrastructure objects, methods for their control, as well as the form for assessing their compliance, are established by legislation and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation.

The provision of services for the transportation of passengers and goods by railway transport is a licensed type of activity.

The territories of railway stations, terminals, and other subdivisions of railway transport related to the transportation process, passenger platforms, and railway tracks where the movement of trains is carried out and shunting and loading-unloading operations are performed, are zones of increased danger and, if necessary, are fenced and equipped with technical means of control. The rules for the presence of citizens and the placement of objects in zones of increased danger, the performance of work in them, and the passage and transition through railway tracks are approved by a Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Rolling stock, including specialized stock, and containers, elements of the upper structure of railway tracks, and other technical means and mechanisms, as well as services provided in railway transport, must comply with the requirements of legislation and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation governing the accident-free operation of railway transport, safety of movement, labor protection requirements, and environmental safety.

Rolling stock and railway transport infrastructure objects must undergo state registration in the manner established by legislation. Unregistered rolling stock and railway transport infrastructure objects are not allowed for operation.

The right to drive rolling stock is granted to individuals having the relevant qualifications and having passed a medical examination in the established manner.

The procedure for granting the right to drive rolling stock is determined by a Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Certification of technical means and mechanisms used in railway transport activities, as well as services provided, is carried out in the manner established by legislation.

Objects on whose territory the production, storage, loading, transportation, and unloading of dangerous goods are carried out must be distanced from public railway tracks and structures at a distance ensuring their safe operation. Minimum distances from the indicated objects to public railway tracks and structures at places where public tracks are intersected by pipelines, communication lines, power lines, and other structures, as well as norms for the construction and maintenance of such objects at places of intersection and proximity to railway tracks, are established in regulatory legal acts and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation adopted in coordination with the relevant state body and the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.