Health and wellbeing - Page 2

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

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.

PAUL CLIFTON talks to the people who have to balance railway risk and reward, and the need to protect passengers and goods against the need to keep services running

Rail Safety and Standards Board’s chief operating officer Johnny Schute OBE, outlines the path of standards needed to future-proof our railways.

By Jonas Andersson, GORE-TEX Professional Sales Associate 

A marked improvement in track worker safety is the highlight of this year’s ORR annual report on health and safety.

As we learn to live with COVID without restrictions on how we travel, new permanent patterns are starting to emerge. How will the railway adapt?

Social value has been an integral part of the railway since its birth, offering personal and professional benefits.

Britain’s rail industry responded extremely well to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the ORR. The regulator says the entire sector reacted quickly and worked collaboratively to respond to significant challenges posed by the pandemic to keep people and goods on the move.

The derailment at Stonehaven has put the condition of earthworks into sharp focus. GARETH DENNIS examines how weather can have an impact on earthwork resilience