Commitments, Rules and Policies

Our Health and Safety Vision

The Health and Safety policy – a two-page document – was updated in June 2024 and is displayed on safety bulletin boards at every one of our workplaces. It is available for download here: Network Rail Health and Safety Policy The Network Rail Health and Safety Vision policy helps protect us all – the public, […]

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Close Call (3)

A Close Call is defined as anything that is likely to cause harm or damage. This includes the potential to: Harm a person including minor, major injuries, and fatalities Harm the environment and/or protected species Damage railway infrastructure, plant, vehicles, tools, equipment, systems and information Watch the close call video below: What’s the difference between […]

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Close Call

A Close Call is defined as anything that is likely to cause harm or damage. This includes the potential to: Harm a person including minor, major injuries, and fatalities Harm the environment and/or protected species Damage railway infrastructure, plant, vehicles, tools, equipment, systems and information Watch the close call video below: What’s the difference between […]

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Fair Culture Investigations

The guidance documents within this page are intended to provide an explanation of Fair Culture, how it should be used and how this fits in with the accident investigation process within Network Rail. Our Fair Culture principles allow us to identify why rules may have been breached and make sure the consequences of any breach are fair and proportionate. The […]

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Driving Safety

Although Network Rail own and run Britain’s rail infrastructure, in order to operate, maintain and upgrade the infrastructure the industry has to undertake a lot of driving. Road risk is a one of the highest risks all our workers face, and our road driving activities impacts on the widest range of those working in the rail industry from […]

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