Rail

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.

UK's rail regulator's proposed guidance is designed to improve risk assessments at level crossings

A 13-year-old boy suffered an electric shock when he climbed onto a stationary train.

One of the main causal factors of the accident was that track workers did not hear the train approaching – we speak to a noise protection expert, and Network Rail responds.

Two recommendations have been made after a driver was crushed between two trains during a ‘coupling’ operation

Exceptional weather conditions continue to affect safety performance