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Anthony Perret, Head of Sustainable Development at the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) discusses possible reasons for Britain’s rail sector’s perceived foot-dragging with respect to sustainable development. Is the lack of a more ambitious approach to the subject due to the absence of a ‘burning platform’?
According to the RSSB, the rail industry needs to adopt a pragmatic approach to Brexit, given the uncertainty of the final destination.
Johnny Schute, newly made COO, looks forward to being involved in the drive to make RSSB an even more customer-focused business…
The rail sector has decided train seat design requires scientific research to be able to provide a more informed approach to making seats both comfortable and safe for passengers…
Jo Johnson, the UK’s Minister of State for the Department for Transport, has announced plans for every diesel train in Britain to be scrapped by 2040...
The rail industry has collectively agreed and signed up to an updated industry standard for platform safety.
10 August 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The UK rail industry has endorsed the latest edition of Key Train Requirements published by the RSSB which aim to help rolling stock procurers, manufacturers and system suppliers in the design of new trains.
13 July 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Level crossing deaths in Britain are at their lowest recorded level for almost a generation says the industry’s independent safety body RSSB.
17 March 2016 | By RSSB
In an article for Global Railway Review, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) discusses recent changes to standards for rail vehicles ensuring trains are sufficiently audible and visible on Britain’s railways…
11 February 2016 | By RSSB and Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) speaks to Global Railway Review about the launch of a new guide aimed at improving station safety and reducing platform-related accidents…
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…
Despite continual growth in usage, rail remains the safest form of land transport in the UK. George Bearfield, Director of System Safety at RSSB1 explains what the organisation is doing to improve safety on the rail network and its role in ensuring that the industry doesn’t get complacent.
The members of the UK’s RSSB (the Rail Safety and Standards Board) include infrastructure companies, train and freight operators, rolling stock owners and suppliers to the industry. Head of the Delivery, Research and Standards Department at the RSSB, Jane Dobson, explains what the organisation is doing to help this industry…
21 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Latest Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) figures reveal 2014/15 was the eighth consecutive year without passenger or workforce fatalities in a train accident on British railways.
12 February 2015 | By Network Rail
Over the past five years rail passengers have stepped on and off trains more than 15 billion times...
