Investigations - Page 5

The challenges of rapidly changing storm conditions, decision-making and staff actions have come under Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) scrutiny

Only ten seconds and a good dose of luck prevented a 70mph head-on crash between a Loram rail-grinding machine and a nine-car Class 222 Meridian

Rail accident investigators are assessing a near-miss incident on a pedestrian level crossing in Hampshire. 

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has launched an investigation into why a Lumo Class 803 crossed over points on the East Coast Main Line

Scotland’s trade union movement has backed calls for a public inquiry into the 2020 Carmont derailment in which three men died.

User-worked crossings “provide the biggest scope for safety improvement”, says Rail Accident Investigation Branch Chief Inspector Andrew Hall.

Slippery rails, resulting from autumn leaves on the line, has been identified as a cause of the collision between two trains near Salisbury last October

Guest Column by Andy Symonds, Business Development Consultant, CACI

Somewhere in the UK, a road lorry or bus bashes into a railway bridge every five hours, leaving Network Rail to pick up a £5.5 million bill

Salisbury’s Fisherton Tunnel reopened on November 16, 16 days after a crash between two trains that injured 14 people