Infrastructure loading patterns are applicable to Network Rail, Contractors and Suppliers, who carry out loading, examine, manage or audit loading activities on Infrastructure freight trains, that are operated on Network Rail Infrastructure for the purpose of renewing or maintaining the infrastructure. Following a revision of the Network Rail Infrastructure Loading Standards Manual NR/L3/SCO/308 Issue 3 […]
Creating a railway that is safe and more resilient to the effects of weather, now and in the future. How does weather affect our assets? Weather is what can be observed over a short period of time, such as intense or prolonged rainfall, heatwaves, cold snaps, hurricanes and snow. For example, excessive rainfall can flood […]
Minimising Red Zone Working IP Jan 2017 This procedure applies to all work planned and delivered in Infrastructure Projects (IP). It introduces and defines a procedure for contractors, employees and their delegated representatives to follow in order to comply with the specific requirements of IP in implementing Network Rail Standard NR/L2/OHS/019 and RSSB Railway Group […]
There are 21 projects and programmes within the Home Safe Plan (Integrated Safety Plan) that are designed to make a step change in the safety, health and wellbeing of our people. These are; +36
Network Rail are now producing ‘Lessons Learnt’ publications following events which have led to Formal investigations or local investigations where significant points of learning have resulted. We believe these lessons will be of value for all involved in the industry and not just safety professionals, they are ultimately designed to aid prevention of events of […]
Network Rail Telecom (NRT) is the company’s national, telecoms asset management function. NRT owns all of the company’s telecoms assets. Close to 20,000km of fibre-optic cable (the UK’s third largest network), backed up by 18,000km of hard cable and 2,500 masts, provide state-of-the-art communication services for the whole railway network. Apart from the technical challenges […]
Suppliers who want to operate as a Principal Contractor (PC) as defined by Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 must hold a licence issued by Network Rail to discharge these duties on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure. The PC Licence is governed by NR Standard NR/L2/INI/CP0070 v4 and applies to all organisations. The Principal Contractor Licence […]
The DOS tool has been developed for the Rail Industry as a way of interrogating Safety Culture across six specific Dimensions. The tool can be used at team, project, programme and functional levels and enables a consistent and collaborative measurement and action planning for improvement with its innovative use of intervention suggestions. DOS informs a […]
