New ORR guidance aims to improve level crossing safety
January 20, 2021
ORR proposes simpler and more accessible guidance on level crossing safety to support the rail industry, traffic authorities and local authorities in their decisions. Read More
Network Rail fined £135k following electrocution
January 6, 2021
Network Rail has been fined for a safety breach after a 13-year-old boy was left with serious injuries following an electric shock. Read More
Maintaining the health and wellbeing of front-line workers during the pandemic
December 23, 2020
SHP catches up with Syed Asim Shah, a Network Rail Shift Station Supervisor at London Bridge, to learn about his Read More
How does HAVS impact the rail sector?
November 19, 2020
Mary Cameron, Team Leader within SOCOTEC’s Occupational Hygiene team, discusses the impact that HAV exposure has on employees within the rail sector and the actions that organisations can take to effectively reduce and eliminate exposure. Read More
Margam rail accident: Inquiry highlights ‘long-term safety failure’ by Network Rail
November 13, 2020
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued its report into an incident in which track workers were struck by a train at Margam, South Wales. Read More
Rail Safety: Injuries to workforce falls to lowest level in latest ORR safety statistics
October 5, 2020
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released annual safety statistics, including accidents to passengers, workforce and members of the public and dangerous incidents. Read More
‘SeatFinder’ launched to enable social distancing on trains
September 10, 2020
Train operator Southeastern is sharing train load data directly with passengers so they can understand carriage capacity before boarding services and social distance more effectively. Read More
RAIB to investigate Carmont train derailment
August 21, 2020
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has said it will investigate the fatal accident that occurred near Carmont on the national rail network in Scotland on 12 August 2020. Read More
Trains still discharging waste onto tracks
July 29, 2020
Approximately 350 rail vehicles continue to discharge waste on the tracks, according to a report in Rail Magazine. Read More
Rail regulator warns trespassers after 25% increase in year-on-year incidents
June 29, 2020
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has urged people to stop taking unnecessary risks around the railway, with the rail regulator seeing a spike in near miss incidents being reported as well as a surge in actual trespass incidents on the railway. Read More
