What are the consequences for a citizen for violating the rules ensuring the safety of movement on railway or urban electric transport?

Answered by precinct inspector of the police of the Miory District Department of Internal Affairs Sergey Yakushin:

— The railway is a zone of increased danger. You should not stand close to the edge of the platform when a train is approaching, approach the cars before the train has completely stopped, crawl under rolling stock, approach broken wires, or jump from a passenger platform onto the tracks. You should cross the tracks only in designated areas.

According to Art. 18.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of rules ensuring the safety of movement on railway or urban electric transport), the following types of administrative penalties are provided:

Placing objects on railway and tram tracks that can cause disruption to the movement of railway or urban electric transport,

entails a fine of from two to ten basic units.

Damage to railway or tram tracks, protective forest plantations, snow protection fences, or other track objects, structures, and signaling and communication devices entails a fine of from twenty to fifty basic units.
Violation of the rules for the passage of horse-drawn vehicles and driving livestock across railway tracks, grazing livestock near railway tracks entails a fine of from one to ten basic units.
Walking on railway tracks or being on railway tracks in places not intended for crossing them entails a fine of up to two basic units.

The predominant causes of injuries on railway tracks are non-compliance with elementary personal safety measures: talking on a mobile phone and using headphones while on the tracks, ignoring audible and visual signals, and attempts to take selfies with railway rolling stock.

It is not easy to stop a moving train. Its braking distance can reach 1000 meters, depending on numerous factors. It should be taken into account that a train traveling at a speed of 100-120 km/h covers 30 meters per second, while a pedestrian needs at least 5-6 seconds to cross a railway track.

Do not violate safety rules when on railway transport facilities. Stop your companion who disregards the danger and risks their life.