Rail

Railway infrastructure contractor VolkerRail Ltd has been fined £550,000 after a trench collapsed onto a railway worker, causing life-changing injuries and resulting in him being placed in a medically-induced coma. We spoke to Simon Barber, HM Inspector of Railways at the Office of Road and Rail (ORR), about what happened.

A collision between two railway maintenance vehicles that left one worker with life-changing injuries has resulted in a £1.4 million fine for Network Rail. We look at how it happened.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched a prosecution of Transport for London (TfL), Tram Operations and Alfred Dorris, the driver of the tram involved in the fatal derailment at Sandilands near Croydon in November 2016.

Construction firm Carillion’s failure to construct a drainage system correctly in accordance with the designer’s requirements has been identified as the main cause of a passenger train derailment at Carmont, Aberdeenshire in 2020, the Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) has found.

Increased work pressure has contributed to poor mental health for rail workers, study finds

The company that runs Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in the Midlands must pay £6.5m after a court found it guilty of negligence over the death of an 11-year-old boy at the depot, near Rugby.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual report of health and safety on Britain’s railways highlights worker safety as a top priority for Network Rail after the death of three rail employees, including two track workers.

The rail operator failed, for more than nine months, to prevent water leaking into a substation and to maintain dehumidifiers installed inside.

A ‘serious and systemic failure to properly address health and safety’ led to the death of John Bell, who was killed while carrying out maintenance work.

The UK's biggest freight operator has been prosecuted after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when a train collided with his vehicle on a level crossing.