Network Rail’s diversity and inclusion strategy, Everyone Matters, describes our ambitions to be a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation. Our Race Matters project is one part of our strategy and aims to remove barriers that we know black, Asian and minority ethnic employees and candidates face at Network Rail. As part of this project, working with […]
CIRAS is an independent, not-for-profit confidential reporting service for the transport sector. People can speak up about their health, safety and wellbeing concerns to CIRAS in complete confidence. CIRAS shares the concerns with the relevant company, and then shares the company response with the person who raised the concern. Concerns can be raised for any […]
The Railway Sustainability Design Guide has been put together by the Sustainable Land Use Programme with Aecom to provide a resource of materials to support the sustainable management of the railway estate. The guide is available on this link (https://planengageuk.alytics.com/networkrail-digital-sdg/home) but is also published as pdf documents on this page. Background The Government review in […]
Our role as leaders is to create and sustain an environment in which everyone goes home safe, every day, while delivering great customer service. This is not merely about ‘standards’. It is about how culture and leadership impact safety and service. Purpose of a ‘safety moment’ Simulate an open and honest discussion about safety – […]
Kent Lineside Habitat Management Pilot Thank you for scanning the QR code located on our Protected Biodiversity Site sign. The Kent Route Environment Team are currently undertaking live lineside habitat management trials up to Spring 2024. Any work you’re intending to do on this site could significantly impact the success and outcomes of our Pilot […]
The railway is becoming ever more complex – organisationally and technically – with a greater range of people and backgrounds working all together. System safety is key and learning from incidents plays a key part in enabling the industry to introduce improved risk controls. In October 2017 a software-related incident occurred on the Cambrian line […]
Previously a toolkit has been developed with Carlisle Delivery Unit and provides some useful practice for raising the awareness of this issue and managing the risk.
Network Rail has launched its new Environmental Sustainability strategy. It outlines plans to create a cleaner, greener railway over the next 30 years. The strategy reconfirms the organisation’s commitment to long term sustainable development and focuses on four priorities to help deliver this vision: A low-emission railway A reliable railway service that is resilient to […]
