Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has published its findings and recommendations regarding the serious collision between two passenger trains near Salisbury in southwest England almost exactly two years ago. Wheel adhesion, brakes, visibility, weather,...Read more
Britain’s official safety watchdog, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), has launched a full scale investigation into an incident last month involving the world-renowned steam locomotive, Flying Scotsman. The century-old locomotive collided with a set...Read more
AnalysisThree years have passed since the tragedy that unfolded near Stonehaven when an Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed after striking a landslide at Carmont. Three lives were tragically lost that day, and it is a...Read more
The UK safety watchdog, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, has released a scathing report into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, just north of Peterborough station, just over a year ago. The report also notes...Read more
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), the statutory safety body in the UK, is investigating the uncontrolled evacuation of a train at Clapham Common Underground station in early May. At this preliminary stage, the RAIB...Read more
The safety of people who work on the track continues to be a matter of considerable concern, writes the UK Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in its latest 2021 annual report, published last week.Read more
A Lumo train travelled at more than three times the maximum speed as it passed Peterborough station last month, according to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). Some passengers were thrown from their seats, and...Read more
British union TSSA demands that all ScotRail’s high-speed trains are taken out of service to check for corrosion issues following a report on the derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven, Scotland last year.Read more
The drainage system at the Carmot accident site in Scotland, where on the morning of August 2020 a train derailment happened that left three dead, was not constructed and installed according to the designers’ requirements,...Read more
The British Rail Accident Investigation Branch released its report on the track workers that were struck by a train at Margam, Neath Port Talbot, on the 3rd of July 2019. Nine of the eleven recommendations...Read more