%A Bin Osman,Mohd H. %A Kaewunruen,Sakdirat %D 2018 %J Frontiers in Built Environment %C %F %G English %K DATA FUSION,text processing,Social Media,Warning system,Train safety,Accidents, Traffic %Q %R 10.3389/fbuil.2018.00030 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2018-July-09 %9 Perspective %# %! Early Warning from Social Media Text %* %< %T Role of Pre-processing in Textual Data Fusion: Learn From the Croydon Tram Tragedy %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2018.00030 %V 4 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 2297-3362 %X Tram/train derailment subject to human mistakes makes investments in an advanced control room as well as information gathering system exaggerated. A disaster in Croydon in year 2016 is recent evidence of limitation of the acquired systems to mitigate human shortcoming in disrupted circumstances. One intriguing way of resolution could be is to fuse continuous online textual data obtained from tram travelers and apply the information for early cautioning of risk discovery. This resolution conveys our consideration regarding a resource of data fusion. The focal subject of this paper is to discuss about role of pre-processing ventures in a low-level data fusion that have been distinguished as a pass to avoid time and exertion squandering amid information retrieval. Inclines in online text data pre-processing is reviewed which comes about an outline suggestion that concede traveler's responses through social media channels. The research outcome shows by a case of data fusion could go about as an impetus to railway industry to effectively partake in data exploration and information investigation.