Transport of dangerous goods by railway

Adopting the report by Mr CORNELISSEN (PPE, NL), the European Parliament approved the proposal subject to certain amendments calling for: - the local authorities and emergency services to be given advance warning of any transportation operation involving dangerous goods and persons not involved in the transportation to be prevented from traveling on trains carrying dangerous goods; - special rules for the transport of dangerous goods of local significance and for narrow-gauge, dock or mountain railways; - the facility to transport dangerous goods in tanker wagons from wide-gauge railways (in the CIS and the Baltic states) suitable for the change of gauge, provided that the required level of safety can be guaranteed.�