This page provides an overview of the Signal and Level Crossing Engineering improvement workstreams led by the Network Technical Heads for Signalling and Level Crossings Engineering. The linked sub pages contain information on specific projects which we will gradually add information to as workstreams start and progress.
The aim of this page is to provide a central point for a number of safety related topics, under the banner of “Prevention through Engineering and Design”. It is intended primary for Network Rail staff, but has been provided on safety central to share our thinking and tools. We hope this transparency will generate collaboration […]
Safety, Health, Environment, Leadership Team (SHELT) Capital Delivery Wales & Western (CDWW) is committed to working with Supply Chain members in relation to health, safety and the environment, via SHELT. The purpose of SHELT is to share best practice, lessons learnt, and agree strategic implementation of health, safety, environment arrangements. SHELT meets quarterly […]
The Southern Shield is a collaborative forum between Network Rail and our supply chain, which was set up in response to a tragic accident at Saxilby in 2012 when Scott Dobson was killed in a collision with an oncoming train. The forum examines processes, plant, design and culture to see where improvements can be made to […]
Network Rail and its Infrastructure Projects (IP) Supply Chain work to the Safety Vision. One of the commitments is “to relentlessly strive to find new ways to keep ourselves, colleagues, passengers and the public safe.” Throughout IP and contractors a number of Safety Industry Groups have been set up. These groups work collaboratively, share lessons and […]
What are our Steering Group priorities? The Steering Group priorities focus on three key themes that have emerged from the discipline working groups. (1) Managing risk: Developing guidance and common rules for the use of warning signs on drawings and also how the Common Safety Methods (CSM) and Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM) […]
A level crossing is a point where the railway meets a road or footpath at the same level. There are nearly 6,000 level crossings on the rail network across England, Wales and Scotland. These crossings fall into two broad categories: Passive crossings – there is no warning of a train’s approach other than by the […]
The information on this page is supplied and managed by the Rail Infrastructure Assurance Group (RIAG). RIAG is one of the working groups of the Infrastructure Safety Liaison Group (ISLG). Its membership is made up of contractors that satisfy at least two of the following criteria: Hold a Principal Contractors Licence Hold a Plant Operators Licence A […]
