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Horizon Magazine | Issue 23 | March 2025
This issue’s feature is rail freight growth. we also detail RSSB's 2024/25 achievements, focusing on safety, efficiency, and wellbeing. We also include innovation, AI-powered safety reporting, and collaborative to drive growth and economic benefits.
Horizon Magazine | Issue 22 | February 2025
This issue of Horizon magazine is packed with compelling articles, including a special feature on RSSB's commitment to supporting the industry.
Horizon Magazine | Issue 21 | January 2025
This issue explores key themes shaping the rail industry including railway assets, data management, standards consultations, ETCS, trespass and suicide, and more. As well as a special feature on ‘RSSB. Enhancing value to society and sustainability.’
Horizon Magazine | Issue 20 | December 2024
2024 was a year of significant progress. From safety advancements and technological breakthroughs to employee support and industry collaboration. Key highlights include groundbreaking research in rail safety, the launch of new initiatives to support railway workers, and a commitment to improving level crossing safety.
Horizon Magazine | Issue 19 | November 2024
In Horizon issue 19 we look over our achievements in 2024 and look forward to what we are planning for 2025. We also delve into AI, seat comfort, hydrogen-fuelled rolling stock, rail industry road safety and more.
Horizon Magazine | Issue 18 | October 2024
Issue 18 looks at the benefits of prioritising employee mental health, the value of collaboration within Rail and evolving investment strategies for new infrastructure. It also includes articles on fare evasion measures and tech advancements.
Horizon magazine | Issue 17 | September 2024
We look at how industry collaboration can help with challenges such as cost reduction. This month, we also delve into overspeeding, risk-reduction initiatives, cost-benefit analysis, freight gauges revisions and learning from aviation's best practices.
Horizon magazine | Issue 16 | August 2024
Leadership, time, and effort are key to rail safety. In this issue we explore this, plus data's role in improving safety, supporting new drivers, managing overcrowding, and much more.
Horizon magazine | Issue 15 | July 2024
We explore how collaboration and innovation are driving excellence. We look at future-proofing rolling stock, prioritising people, and fostering freight growth. It showcases successful research partnerships and explores safety advancements, data utilisation, and track improvement solutions and much more.
Horizon magazine | Issue 14 | June 2024
Horizon June 24 issue focusses on the need to prioritise, and collaborate on health and well-being in rail. We also showcase the cost-saving benefits of updated standards and efforts being made in social value in the rail sector so far.
Horizon magazine | Issue 13 | May 2024
Horizon celebrates 1st birthday with a sustainability focus! This new issue explores overcoming challenges for a greener railway and building a strong safety culture. Expert interviews with industry leaders, updates on freight, and wellbeing initiatives.
Horizon magazine | Issue 12 | April 2024
A key focus in this issue is Making Industry's Safety and Health Vision a Reality with the Rail Health and Safety Strategy. We also note the milestone reached with NTSNs, and explore how the industry is working to raise the bar – from improved Customer Experience.
Horizon magazine | Issue 11 | March 2024
The future of rail is bright, but challenges remain. In this issue, we provide an overview of our 2024-29 Strategic Business Plan and our new ‘strategic multipliers. We also share updates from the Industry Standards Coordination Committee and key updates from the cross-industry risk groups on their ongoing work.
Horizon magazine | Issue 10 | February 2024
Financial challenges need collaboration and innovation, initiatives that drive change, bring cost savings and improve safety. ‘Horizon explores’ focuses on standards, achieving operational best practice and improvements to station design standards.
Horizon magazine | Issue 9 | January 2024
We look at improving safety while reducing financial risks, how to move more freight, and we ask for feedback on our 2024–25 business plan. Our supplement focuses on Risk and Safety Intelligence, decision-making, and collaborative problem solving.
Horizon magazine | Issue 8 | December 2023
In December we review industry successes from 2023, and also focus on Health and Safety. Specifically we look at how data will improve safety, employee health and save industry money.
Horizon magazine | Issue 7 | November 2023
In November we covered what you need to know about the Sustainable Rail Blueprint, and explore social value, reducing emissions, setting sustainability targets. We also discuss achieving safety excellence and the importance of health and wellbeing.
Horizon magazine | Issue 6 | October 2023
Looks at what’s new in standards focusing on removing the use of detonators within 2 years. Also what more Gen AI can offer rail, addressing work-related violence & how automatic data sharing will save operators 28 days of effort per year.
Horizon magazine | Issue 5 | September 2023
In this issue we look at how rail can withstand the effects of extreme weather events, provide details of the recent LHSBR uplift workshops and explore how Network Rail’s SPEED project is helping to get projects off the ground cheaper and quicker.
Horizon magazine | Issue 4 | August 2023
Learn about a new guidance which helps assess static seat comfort, explore the need to prepare for potentially disruptive and transformative change, catch up with MTR Elizabeth line and much more.
Horizon magazine | Issue 3 | July 2023
In July’s issue or articles focused on responding to changing passenger behaviours, provide insights on the latest health and safety performance data, and much more.
Horizon magazine | Issue 2 | June 2023
We look at what Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plan for CP7 means for industry, along with preparing for extreme weather events, and much more.
Horizon magazine | Issue 1 | May 2023
Our first issue, explored how standards can reduce the cost of electrification, discuss how we can respond better to climate change, as well as looking at what the ‘new normal’ is post-Covid-19.
