Health and safety guidance

Health and safety by design aims to eliminate or reduce risks through identifying potential risks at the design stage and taking steps to reduce or eliminate them.

This page gives an overview of how European railway safety legislation has been retained in the UK.

Our responsibilities and HSE's responsibilities for enforcing asbestos laws and what those laws require.

We produce internal instructions and guidance in the form of railway guidance documents.

An overview of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006 (as amended) (EARR).

We have produced 'Principles for health and safety on the railway' to help dutyholders understand how to meet our expectations for the high-level goals that should be achieved by the railway when complying with the health and safety legislation. It highlights the factors which should be addressed by anyone designing and putting into use new railways or rail vehicles, including major upgrades and