Press Releases

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has published research into the use of lap belts and requirements for windows on passenger trains.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has published the 2006 GB Railway Strategic Safety Plan for the rail industry.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) today published a key industry research project looking into the design of driver cabs on trains.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and GoSkills, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for passenger transport, are pleased to announce the signing of a Heads of Agreement covering the relationship between the two companies in the area of National Occupational Standards for the Rail industry.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) held a high level meeting with the Noise Abatement Society and the Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB) in September to consider some continuing problems caused by train horns.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) today published a key research project looking into the requirements for emergency lighting on passenger trains.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) today published its annual report for the year 2004-05. The report highlights the performance and achievements during the company’s second year of operation. A year dominated by the government’s review of the rail industry; and the Office of Rail Regulation’s endorsement of the company’s activities.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has today published the final report following the investigation into the Ufton level crossing collision and derailment on 6 November 2004, which claimed the lives of five people travelling on the train, the train driver, the driver of the car and injured many more.

Continued improvement in rail safety performance marred by worst year for track workers and Ufton level crossing.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has issued the final report following the investigation into the fatal derailment at Potters Bar on Friday 10 May 2002 in which six passengers on the train died and others sustained major injuries. A pedestrian also died as a result of debris falling from the underbridge on to the road below.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) today launched its latest publication - ‘How safe is safe enough?’ – which tackles some of the longstanding challenges the rail industry faces in making consistently safe decisions, every day. It brings together a single overview of good practice in making decisions which affect safety.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has today reported the 2004 total for the number of category A signals passed at danger (SPAD) across the national rail network.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has today published a preliminary formal inquiry report into the Ufton level crossing collision and derailment on 6 November 2004, which claimed the lives of five people traveling on the train, the train driver, the driver of the car and injured many more.