Press Releases

Today pilot participants in the national Station Travel Plans initiative gathered in Southend to launch 24 station travel plans, which encompass 31 stations across the country.

GB Railway Safety Performance and Trends in 2008.

From 14 April 2009, RSSB will be based at new offices and our new address is: RSSB, Block 2 Angel Square, 1 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NY.

The railways in Europe – including Great Britain - have taken a major step forward in engaging with high level EU decision makers on level crossing safety. The European Level Crossing Forum (ELCF), which is facilitated by RSSB, was one of four major signatories of the European Road Safety Charter – a new European Commission initiative designed to develop firm action to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities through exchange of best practice across the EU.

Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has published an Overview of safety performance for 2008, to provide the industry with some initial indications of trends in risk. The report provides the rail industry with a concise synopsis of the key safety indicators and trends for 2008, ahead of the more comprehensive analysis in the Annual Safety Performance Report (ASPR) to be published in April.