Exactly twelve months after the incident that wrecked infrastructure at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, in northwest England, the national inspectorate has released its final report. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has unveiled its findings...Read more
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch says a runaway incident at London’s Liverpool Street demonstrates the importance of drivers checking that their train is correctly secured before leaving it unattended. Moreover, that advice is especially important...Read more
UK’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued its report on the collision between an intermodal working and an agricultural equipment trailer at Kisby, an accident that happened on 19 August last year. RAIB has...Read more
Hopes that the lines to the south east of Carlisle would be reinstated within one week have been dashed. Last week’s derailment of a fully laden cement train, at a critical junction, is proving more...Read more
A signal passed at danger is always a serious matter, and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch is treating an incident earlier this month at Doncaster in just such terms. Two freight trains became rather more...Read more
Cab safety measures could see radical changes, and the construction of earthworks near the rails could be adjusted. This is all the result of the fatal accident in the northeast of Scotland in the summer...Read more
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) as released striking images of the derailment at London Gateway on 24 December. The accident, which damaged almost 600 metres of track and points, was widely reported locally. The...Read more
The final report on a derailment in Wales in the summer of 2020 will have repercussions for the whole rail freight industry. The British Rail Accident Investigation Branch has concluded that the factors responsible for...Read more
In the wake of last year’s runaway train at a yard in the English East Midlands, the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch has made two wide-ranging recommendations. The RAIB says closer monitoring of rolling stock...Read more
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, the appointed independent safety investigator for the UK rail network, has concluded its report into the derailment almost one year ago at Sheffield station. As a result, the RAIB has...Read more
The UK infrastructure management agency, Network Rail, says extensive repair works will be required after an agricultural vehicle strayed into the path of a freight service on a rural Cambridgeshire level crossing that carries a...Read more
It has taken six months and the cooperation of agencies from all across Wales to rectify a derailed train, wrecked rails, a massive fire, an oil spill, and an environmental disaster on the railway line...Read more
The clean up of a Welsh oil train derailment has been called the biggest ever environmental job in the UK, with the exception of offshore accidents which saw oil tankers sunk. Last year’s derailment has...Read more
Track fastenings failure led to the Sheffield cement train derailment in November, says the independent watchdog in the UK, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch. The RAIB has determined that a track failure led to the...Read more
A failure to repair infrastructure seems to be the main cause of the derailment in London in January this year. This is the conclusion of the UK’s independent Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). The accident...Read more
An interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch points towards a brake fault as the primary cause of the derailment at Llangennech, Wales, which caused a massive fire and environmental damage. The UK accident...Read more
The UK rail infrastructure management agency Network Rail has proposed wide-ranging changes to the way it monitors and maintains the earthworks around its tracks. This comes in the light of the fatal accident at Stonehaven...Read more
Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch has issued an interim report into a fatality earlier in April, involving a track worker who was struck by a passenger train on Europe’s busiest mixed-use railway.Read more
With the busy north London Barking to Gospel Oak line still out of action, questions still remain unanswered as to the cause of the incident, which has left freight operators seeking alternative routes and commuters...Read more
GB Railfreight (GBRf) is to implement Ideagen’s Coruson as its cloud-based, safety and compliance management system throughout its operations. It also directly links to a safety management intelligence system (SMIS) database – a new nationwide...Read more
UK rail investigators say a freight train which derailed last month left the track near a section which had only been laid in 2012. No-one was injured in the incident in Somerset, in the south...Read more
