Safety
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Features
What caused the Moorgate Tube crash of 1975?
Fifty years ago, 43 people lost their lives in the Moorgate Tube crash. Mike Lewis was at the station that morning, and vividly remembers the scenes.
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Insight
How AI is improving safety on the UK network
Often portrayed negatively in the media, Artificial Intelligence is an innovation that can be a force for good - as it certainly is on the railways.
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Features
Ian Prosser interview: “A high-performing railway is a safe railway”
Recently retired HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser discusses the approach to railway safety and the role of Great British Railways with Tony Streeter.
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Features
How the Ufton Nervet incident changed level crossing safety measures
Greg Morse considers the causes and consequences of this tragic rail crash from November 2004.
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Features
25 years on: lessons from Ladbroke Grove and the future of rail safety
Twenty-five years ago, two passenger trains collided at Ladbroke Grove. The consequences for rail safety are still being felt today, as Paul Clifton explains.
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Features
NRA Safety Achievement of the Year 2024: Network Rail with Loccioni
Safety Achievement of the Year award in the National Rail Awards 2024 went to Network Rail partnered with Loccioni for the FELIX Automated Measurement Trolley.
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Features
NRA Outstanding Personal Contribution (Frontline) award: Jason Hart
The award for Outstanding Personal Contribution (Frontline) in the 2024 National Rail Awards went to Jason Hart, Wheel Lathe Supervisor, Siemens Mobility.
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Features
Scotland's secret nuclear Rustons near the end of the line
Ben Jones discovers two of Britain’s least-known locomotives, built in the 1950s for a pioneering nuclear power station and now quarantined awaiting disposal.
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Features
Are Europe's railways ready for winter extremes?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how European railways handle extreme weather.
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Features
Interview: Jonathan Dunster on early retirement and rail's future
Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster has held the top job in three parts of the railway industry. David Clough explores the career of this redoubtable railwayman.
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Features
How rude insults and daily abuse affect railway staff
Insults like 'you absolute moron' are part of a South Western Railway campaign to tackle low-level everyday abuse of railway staff. Paul Clifton finds out why it is needed.
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Insight
Railway dependability: are we too risk-averse?
Every week now, there is a significant infrastructure failure. There is a growing perception that the railway is less dependable than before.
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Opinion
What do passengers want and expect?
No passenger wants an unsafe railway, but do they want one that closes to avoid any risk?
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Insight
Managing fatigue risk for workers’ wellbeing
SARAH BOOTH and Dr CRISTINA RUSCITTO, of Baines Simmons Safety Services, discuss areas for improvements in fatigue risk management for the UK heavy and light rail industry
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Features
Apprentices trained on railway systems
Richard Foster joins apprentices from the London South Bank University's Rail & Rail Systems Engineering course on a 'field trip' to the Bluebell Railway, where they receive training on railway systems
25 years on: lessons from Ladbroke Grove and the future of rail safety
Twenty-five years ago, two passenger trains collided at Ladbroke Grove. The consequences for rail safety are still being felt today, as Paul Clifton explains.
Comment: Do Labour's first few months signal a fresh start for rail?
Rail Review Editorial Board Chairman Sir Michael Holden assesses Labour's new track record in rail.
Extreme weather: are they coping in Europe?
Safety is the priority, but are we at risk of losing the year-round resilience of the railway? Ben Jones looks at how other European railways manage performance when the weather does its worst.
