General Interest
Network Rail and Scottish FA partner on safety
Network Rail and the Scottish Football Association have extended their education partnership to spread vital rail safety messages to young people across Scotland.
Over the next three years, the Scottish FA will deliver football camps to engage with and educate...
HSEQ
Shocking CCTV footage catches dog walker’s level crossing misuse
CCTV at a level crossing in Worcestershire catches the moment a person walking their dog climbed through the barriers causing a train driver to apply their brakes.
Network Rail has released a video of the shocking near miss at Blakedown...
HSEQ
RAIB report: Train striking debris at Yarnton
RAIB has today released its report into a train striking debris at Yarnton near Hanborough, Oxfordshire, 10 February 2023.
Summary
Just after 18:35 hrs on Friday 10 February 2023, the driver of the 17:34 hrs Great Western Railway service from London...
British Transport Police
ScotRail triples the number of body worn cameras on Scotland’s Railway
ScotRail plans to more than triple its number of body worn cameras in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour on Scotland’s Railway.
The train operator will roll out more than 1,000 new body cameras by the end of this month,...
Events
Join us for the Rail Safety Summit 2024
We're used to hearing phrases like 'Safety First'. They're a reminder that safety is never off the agenda.
Britain's railways have maintained an enviable safety record in recent years, but reports of incidents and near misses demonstrate that there is...
Accessibility
How can train stations be made safer for the visually impaired?
Navigating a busy train station can be challenging especially during rush hour, a recent study has revealed that a shockingly high 50% of UK mainline train stations are missing the correct warning equipment to help blind or visually impaired...
HSEQ
Stuart Browing to lead c2c’s new Safety, Sustainability and Compliance department
Rail operator c2c has created a new Safety, Sustainability and Compliance department, with Stuart Browning appointed to lead the new function.Â
Formerly the firm’s head of safety and environment, Stuart has stepped into the role of Safety, Sustainability and Compliance...
HSEQ
Video footage highlights dangers of the railway at half-term
Network Rail is issuing a reminder to the public warning them of the dangers of misusing level crossings and trespassing in a new safety campaign launched across Network Rail in the south of England.
Network Rail is issuing a stark...
HSEQ
SWR installs lifesaving defibrillators at all its staffed stations
South Western Railway (SWR) has marked the installation of publicly accessible, automated, external defibrillators at over 150 staffed stations on its vast network, available for local communities at any time of the day.
The defibrillators are placed in protective cabinets,...
Electrification
SPL Powerlines UK awarded for support of safety education programme
SPL Powerlines UK has been presented with a ‘gold disc’ for becoming a gold level partner of the Rail Safe Friendly programme.
Rail Safe Friendly, which is run by digital education provider Learn Live, was launched in March 2023 and...
Latest News
Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children
Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...