Passenger Operators Safety Forum
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Scope
POSF provides a collaborative platform to identify, assess, and address key safety and health risks across train operations. These include, but are not limited to:
- Train accident risk
- Passenger safety on board trains and at stations
- Trespass and suicide prevention
- Occupational health and staff wellbeing.
The forum also promotes the sharing of best practices in Safety Management Systems (SMS), the application of the Risk Management Maturity Model (RM3), and the effective use of safety data and intelligence.
Membership
- Passenger train operators
- RSSB
- Rail Delivery Group (observer)
- Office of Rail and Road (observer)
- Network Rail (observer)
- Transport for London (observer).
Chair: Angela Prescott, First Rail Holdings Ltd
RSSB Lead: Ann Mills
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Group members
Name Company Representing Status Angela Prescott First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger train operators Chair Ann Mills RSSB RSSB Member Anthony Pateyjohns London North Eastern Railway Ltd (LNER) Passenger train operators Member Ben Doran ScotRail Trains Ltd Passenger train operators Member Bjorn Feys Eurostar International Ltd Passenger train operators Member Blake May The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd Passenger train operators Member Chris Lewis Transport UK East Midlands Limited Passenger train operators Member Chris Light XC Trains Ltd (Cross Country) Passenger train operators Member Chris Maxwell First Greater Western Limited Passenger train operators Member Claire Repeti RSSB Passenger train operators Member Darryl Hopper First MTR South Western Trains Ltd Passenger train operators Member Dave Charnock Office of Rail and Road (ORR) Passenger train operators Observer David Hughes Hull Trains Company Limited (Lumo) Passenger train operators Member David Whitehouse First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd Passenger train operators Member Dean Johnson Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Passenger train operators Observer Edd Scott Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive (NEXUS) Passenger train operators Member Emma Burton Transport for London (TfL) Passenger train operators Observer Emrys Warriner Network Rail - Technical
AuthorityPassenger train operators Observer Frank Monaghan Caledonian Sleeper Limited Passenger train operators Member Frazer Scott Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Passenger train operators Member Iain Peacock Transpennine Trains Limited Passenger train operators Member Imran Chaudhry GTS Rail Passenger train operators Member Kevin Ogilvie-
WhiteFirst Greater Western Limited Passenger train operators Member Kirsti Neal Transport UK East Midlands Limited Passenger train operators Member Lisa Benson Merseyrail Electrics 2002
LimitedPassenger train operators Member Mark Hughes Arriva Rail London Ltd Passenger train operators Member Mary Wells Trenitalia C2C Limited Passenger train operators Member Matthew
WakefieldTransport UK East Anglia
Limited (Greater Anglia)Passenger train operators Member Paul Bennett Northern Trains Limited Passenger train operators Member Phil Hibberd Transport UK Group Passenger train operators Member Simon Newall West Midlands Trains Ltd Passenger train operators Member Stephen Barkby Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Passenger train operators Member Steve Lewis SE Trains Passenger train operators Member Thomas Craig Translink (NI) Limited Passenger train operators Member Tony Ellis RSSB RSSB Member
