Health and safety

Heritage train operator prohibited from running rail services

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17 February 2016
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today issued a Prohibition Notice to West Coast Railway Company Ltd (WCRC) preventing it running its heritage rail services on the mainline railway. The Notice relates to concerns about WCRC’s management of safety, following a number of incidents over the past year.

Regulation 29 appeal by DBS for access and services at Freightliner Southampton Maritime Terminal

2 November 2015
Reg 29 appeal by DBS for access and services at FL Maritime Terminal Application form Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3a Appendix 3b Freightliner's representations Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 5 Appendix 7 DBS's representations Annex to DBS representations FL email ORR Decision Disclosure ORR Initial consideration FL reps on disclosure -19 May 2015 FL further reps -01 July 2015 ORR

ORR's health and safety compliance and enforcement policy statement 2015

20 August 2015
Date published: 20 August 2015 Closing date: 25 September 2015 This consultation document sets out how we use our powers to carry out our regulatory enforcement responsibilities arising from health and safety and other relevant legislation. It will replace the existing document last published in April 2013. ORR is the health and safety enforcing authority and National Safety Agency for Britain's

175 years making Britain’s railways safer

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18 August 2015
18 August 2015 Britain's railways are among the safest in Europe, but 175 years ago it was a different story. In the first decades of the nineteenth century, our pioneering railway system was unregulated, uncoordinated and to be honest, downright dangerous.

Britain’s railways now safest in Europe, but regulator highlights priorities for improvement

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21 July 2015
The Office of Rail and Road's (ORR) annual safety report published today, welcomes the rail industry's strong track record on improving safety and highlights the need for it to meet the challenges of growth and change. ORR is supporting the rail industry to take a more proactive approach to managing safety, predicting and preventing problems before they pose a safety risk.

Better health is happening in rail

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26 June 2015
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today published its latest occupational health report which shows that there has been a meaningful improvement in the rail industry's management of worker health over the last four years.
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