Method for automatically setting up a zone of protection around a rail vehicle in evacuation - hereafter RVE - at standstill on a track section of a rail network, the method comprising: - receiving a message reporting a RVE and determining by a wayside control unit - hereafter "WCU" -, which is configured for controlling rail vehicle occupancy and movement for said track section, the position of the RVE on the track section of the rail network; - automatically determining by said WCU a triggering alarm zone - hereafter TAZ (TAZ 1 - TAZ 6) - for the RVE and one or several Run Authorization Zone - hereafter RAUZ (RAUZ 1 - RAUZ 6) - for each triggered TAZ, wherein the TAZ is a geographical zone surrounding the track of the rail network determined from said position of the RVE and defined for a set of positions of the rail network wherein a rail vehicle might be in evacuation, wherein said WCU is configured for matching different positions of said RVE on track with predefined positions recorded in a track database - hereafter "TDB"- and to implement the TAZ for each matching position, wherein one and only one TAZ is defined for each of said position predefined in the TDB, and for each TAZ, at least one RAUZ is defined in function of a rail network topology and/or infrastructure, wherein the triggered RAUZ set up said zone of protection in order to ensure passenger safety for passengers evacuating the RVE, wherein each RAUZ is a zone of the rail network characterized by a binary status: either restrictive or unrestrictive, wherein in the restrictive state, any movement through or any access to the zone defined by the RAUZ is forbidden for a rail vehicle of the rail network; and in the unrestrictive state, a rail vehicle may access and/or go through said zone; - setting by said WCU the status of each previously determined RAUZ to restrictive, and sending each RAUZ restrictive status to an interlocking managing route movement for the track section wherein the RVE is located; - setting physical signaling to restrictive for preventing movement of rail vehicles through the RAUZ. - receiving a message reporting a RVE and determining by a wayside control unit - hereafter "WCU" -, which is configured for controlling rail vehicle occupancy and movement for said track section, the position of the RVE on the track section of the rail network; - automatically determining by said WCU a triggering alarm zone - hereafter TAZ (TAZ 1 - TAZ 6) - for the RVE and one or several Run Authorization Zone - hereafter RAUZ (RAUZ 1 - RAUZ 6) - for each triggered TAZ, wherein the TAZ is a geographical zone surrounding the track of the rail network determined from said position of the RVE and defined for a set of positions of the rail network wherein a rail vehicle might be in evacuation, wherein said WCU is configured for matching different positions of said RVE on track with predefined positions recorded in a track database - hereafter "TDB"- and to implement the TAZ for each matching position, wherein one and only one TAZ is defined for each of said position predefined in the TDB, and for each TAZ, at least one RAUZ is defined in function of a rail network topology and/or infrastructure, wherein the triggered RAUZ set up said zone of protection in order to ensure passenger safety for passengers evacuating the RVE, wherein each RAUZ is a zone of the rail network characterized by a binary status: either restrictive or unrestrictive, wherein in the restrictive state, any movement through or any access to the zone defined by the RAUZ is forbidden for a rail vehicle of the rail network; and in the unrestrictive state, a rail vehicle may access and/or go through said zone; - setting by said WCU the status of each previously determined RAUZ to restrictive, and sending each RAUZ restrictive status to an interlocking managing route movement for the track section wherein the RVE is located; - setting physical signaling to restrictive for preventing movement of rail vehicles through the RAUZ.