ScotRail to equip all front-line staff with Motorola Solutions’ VB400 body cameras
28 March 2024 | By Emily Budgen
ScotRail are to equip all of their front-line staff with Motorola Solutions' body cameras, which will both film and audio record.
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28 March 2024 | By Emily Budgen
ScotRail are to equip all of their front-line staff with Motorola Solutions' body cameras, which will both film and audio record.
17 September 2010 | By Ben Gilmartin, Senior Safety Risk Analyst, Safety Knowledge and Planning, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
The mainline railway in Great Britain has a responsibility to understand and measure safety risk to be able to manage safety of its operations properly. However, the task of quantifying levels of safety meaningfully can be difficult, especially for those rare accidents with potential for serious consequences. RSSB’s Safety Risk…
14 February 2006 | By Hans Vogt, Head of Safety and Susanne Stierli, Project Manager of Safety, SBB
Network safety is an issue for both railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, not only with regard to ensuring railway safety but also with regard to establishing a manage-ment system that will guarantee safety remains affordable.
29 January 2016 | By Chris Carr
Chris Carr, Head of Safety at the European Railway Agency (ERA), reflects on rail safety performance data for 2014 at a European level, and examines how the industry should work together to address future challenges and create an encouraging safety culture.
2 August 2018 | By Martin Brown - Crossrail
When presented with the prospect of implementing a health and safety strategy for a major project such as Crossrail, where do you start? Delivering the resultant Elizabeth line – due to open in December 2018 – entailed the construction of a new railway that stretches more than 60 miles from…
1 October 2015 | By Johnny Restrup-Sørensen, Contract Director for Railway at Femern A/S
Safety for end-users is an integral part of any project, not least the project of building the 18.2km-long Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Fehmarn in Germany and Lolland in Denmark. It encompasses every aspect of the tunnel project. Apart from ensuring that all specific railway and general safety demands are met,…
3 March 2016 | By Peter van der Mark
In an article for Global Railway Review, former train driver Peter van der Mark discusses safety on Britain’s railways and looks back at the implementation of TPWS train protection system together with Automatic Warning System and its outcome on driver action.
14 July 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)
ORR have released their annual health and safety report which covers the period between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022.
16 May 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)
More than 15,000 freight locomotives in Britain will be fitted with technology that monitors the condition of wheelsets as part of the safety scheme.
16 June 2021 | By Stephanie Lines
For Global Railway Review, the Director of Operations Management in Rail Safety at Transport Canada, Stephanie Lines, details the latest revised safety measures demanded in the ‘Rules Respecting Key Trains and Key Routes’ that are due to come into force in summer 2021 to further heighten the safety of rail…
4 February 2016 | By Global Railway Review
We take a look at concerns with metal theft for the rail industry, what RSSB is proactively doing to improve safety on the UK’s railways, and Chris Carr from ERA reflects on rail safety performance data for 2014 at a European level, plus he examines how the industry should work…
5 April 2010 | By Ralf Schweinsberg, Vice-President, Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA)
With the German Railway Reform in 1994, the sovereign functions were transferred from the former state railways Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn to the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA). These comprise primarily the issuing of approvals and the supervisory function. The approval function of the EBA encompasses the authorisation of technical products and…
14 February 2018 | By Global Railway Review
Whether it’s the safety of passengers, rail employees and track workers, or making sure freight is safely transported by tracks, rail safety is paramount. This In-Depth Focus explores South Africa’s approach to rail safety and covers the DYNAFREIGHT project which assesses the challenges in safely operating long freight trains in…
21 March 2014 | By Léa Paties, Raimund Abele
The recent intermediate report from the European Railway Agency (ERA) on the development of railway safety in the European Union has shown that the safety of the European railway system has, undeniably, continuously improved. However, it is imperative that safety critical sub-systems or components – such as wheelsets and axles…
25 July 2016 | By Global Railway Review
In our latest Level Crossing Safety Supplement, Estonian Railways and the Finnish Transport Agency share their safety plans and progress, plus CER’s Libor Lochman highlights the need for public authorities, road organisations and users to play their part in contributing to level crossing safety...