Cross Industry Freight Derailment Prevention Group
The Cross Industry Freight Derailment Prevention Group (XIFDPG) was established in 2015 in response to a number of recent freight train derailments.
Scope
The group was tasked with addressing the Office of Rail and Road's (ORR's) letter to industry titled: Recent freight derailments: The interaction of track, vehicles and freight container loads, and potential areas for improvement, along with the outputs of the related seminar held by ORR in Crewe in 2015.
Message from the chair
Membership
The group’s membership is made up of the following industry categories:
- freight and other non-passenger train operators
- infrastructure managers and owners
- infrastructure contractors
- suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
- RSSB
- Office of Rail and Road (observer).
Chair of committee: Jim Macfadyen
, Rail Delivery Group
RSSB main representative: Lynne Collis
, Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
Other Members
Company
Representing
Other members
Julian Stow
University of Huddersfield
Academia
Joss Apps
Ricardo Rail Ltd
Suppliers
Neil Strutt
Network Rail Consulting
Passenger Train Operating Company
Gary Smith
Network Rail Freight & National Operators
Infrastructure Manager
Jim Macfadyen
Rail Delivery Group
Chair
Patrick Talbot
Office of Rail and Road
Office of Rail and Road
Les Bryant
Davis Wagon Services Ltd
Non Passenger Train Operator
David Barney
Victa Railfreight Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
Martin Osman
Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
RSSB
Simon Blake
Aggregate Industries UK Ltd trading as Rail Freight Services
Suppliers
Chris Saint
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Infrastructure Manager
Simon Cressey
DB Cargo (UK) Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
Steve Taylor
Rail Wagon Association
Non Passenger Train Operator
Stephen Tidmarsh
SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
Bridget Eickhoff
Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
RSSB
Colin Newsome
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Infrastructure Manager
David Griffin
Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
RSSB
Gareth Houghton
Colas Rail Ltd
Infrastructure Contractor
Gareth Tucker
University of Huddersfield
Suppliers
Ian Coleman
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Infrastructure Manager
Liam Purcell
Ricardo Rail Ltd
Suppliers
Lynne Collis
Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
RSSB
Mark Burstow
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Infrastructure Manager
Neil Halliday
Rail Safety and Standards Board Ltd
RSSB
Philip Rogers
SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit Limited
Suppliers
Robert Tiller
GB Railfreight Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
Andy Martlew
Direct Rail Services Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
Tim Gabb
Freightliner Limited
Non Passenger Train Operator
