Author Archives: SBrierley

LNW

Long-term effective management of the impacts of weather and climate change is essential to the reliable and safe running of the railway. Key to achieving this are the WRCCA Strategy and the LNW Route WRCCA Plan (2014). The LNW Route faces an average of circa 300k weather related delay minutes each year giving an annual […]

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Resource Efficiency Workshop Resources

Here you can find materials and guidance on completing a Resource Efficiency Workshop/Assessment. Conduct a Resource Efficiency Assessment/Workshop to identify opportunities for promoting resource efficiency, including designing out waste, reducing carbon and water use. Click here for: Guide for Presenter Click here for: New Resource Efficiency Workshop Slides Click here for: Resource Efficiency Excel Spreadsheet […]

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Biodiversity Metric

The Network Rail Biodiversity Calculator has been archived.  If you require access to the calculator and associated guidance, please contact EnvironmentandSustainability@networkrail.co.uk  From 2017 Network Rail operated its own Biodiversity Calculator using a metric created by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to account for  biodiversity losses and gains resulting from development works. […]

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EcoReporter

EcoReporter was initially developed in 2016 as a way of recording protected, invasive or notable wildlife whilst out on site.  The data are entered into a central database that can be accessed by the wider business to help inform them of any ecological constraints identified during planning so that they are able to reduce any […]

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Health and Safety Management

Our HSMS sets out simply and clearly the arrangements in place to realise our Safety Vision to get everyone home safe and healthy every day. It covers how we govern safety, allocate responsibilities and accountabilities, control our risks, manage interfaces, and drive continuous improvement. It’s a part of our framework for managing the business and […]

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Slip Trip Fall

As of the end of Period 7 2017/18 338 slips, trips and falls accidents have been reported, of which 121 have resulted in lost-time injuries. This is compared to 363 similar accidents reported at the same point last year, of which 119 resulted in lost-time injuries. This indicates that our year-end total will be around […]

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