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Ongoing need for user-worked crossing safety improvements

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

25 Apr

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Salisbury crash: slippery rails caused by autumn leaves

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

27 Feb

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GUEST COLUMN - The digital revolution

Guest Column by Andy Symonds, Business Development Consultant, CACI

21 Feb

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Bridge bashes: drivers are still ignoring warning signs

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

23 Nov

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Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation

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

22 Nov

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RAIB’s early analysis pinpoints low adhesion

A Rail Accident Investigation Branch interim report has stated that signal SY31 was set at danger, to protect the movement of the Great Western Railway train

12 Nov

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RAIB to probe crossing collision that derailed ‘66’

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has commenced a formal investigation into the derailment of a freight train at Kisby

8 Oct

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More derailments without sufficient track inspections, warns RAIB

A warning that shortfalls in track inspection could be far more widespread than just those that led to a derailment at Sheffield on November 11 2020.

7 Oct

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Absence of rail plans fuels uncertainty, argues RIA

Rail faces a ‘summer of uncertainty’, according to the Railway Industry Association (RIA).

2 Aug

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Stonehaven disaster: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment

Britain lost its record 13-year period without a passenger death in a rail accident on August 12, when ScotRail’s 0638 Aberdeen-Glasgow Queen Street derailed

19 Aug

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Caledonian Sleeper runaway: RAIB to scrutinise brake system

RAIB to investigate Edinburgh Waverley runaway

13 Aug

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RAIB to issue safety digests

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) to issue safety digests into three accidents last month

7 Sept

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Croydon Tram speeding at 43.5mph in 12.5mph zone

Initial investigation shows tram that crashed killing seven people was more than three times over speed limit

16 Nov

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Balham victim hit head on signal gantry

Rail Accident Investigation Branch says Bluebell Railway volunteer Simon Brown died when he struck his head on a signal gantry near Balham on August 7.

1 Sept

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RAIB issues Paddington safety reminders after derailment

RAIB issued an urgent Safety Digest on August 18, following the derailment of a Class 165 diesel multiple unit at Paddington on June 16 (RAIL 804).

18 Aug

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RAIB recommendations to reduce ‘trap and drag’ incidents

Trains could be fitted with sensitive door-edge technology following conclusion of review into accident where passenger was dragged along a platform .

4 Jul

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RAIB investigates Twyford wheelchair accident

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating how a wheelchair user was hit by a freight train on the platform at Twyford station on April 7.

27 May

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