Archive for category: HSEQ
Tornado blow for scrap thieves
Police raids against scrap metal dealers suspected of receiving stolen metal have resulted in 36 arrests. Operation Mansoncity involving Durham, Cleveland and Northumbria police forces, supported by British Transport Police, targeted ten dealers who ha...Stand and Deliver
Metal theft is a major problem on today’s railways. Stuart Marsh has looked at the subject as a whole elsewhere in this issue, but to an extent nothing deters criminals more, nor is more likely to catch them in the act, than boots on the ground. Brid...Tube incident response ‘Blue Light’ trial
The Tube’s Emergency Response Unit is carrying out a trial with the British Transport Police in an attempt to reach emergencies faster. The trial aims to halve response times and means that Transport for London’s ERU vehicles will travel un...Safety buzzer in hard hat for rail workers
A new safety system has been launched to warn workers about the dangers of getting too near heavy plant equipment. The MyZone system means a buzzer will sound in a worker’s hard hat should they get too near dangerous equipment. Contractors such ...Network Rail closes first Scottish level crossing this century
Network Rail has officially marked the closure of Inchyra level crossing in Perthshire – the first Scottish public crossing to close this century. The automatic half-barrier crossing has been removed from the network after Perth and Kinross Council a...Cable theft: The continuing menace
Cable Theft. Like the proverbial bad penny, it’s a subject that keeps cropping up, although the monetary value concerned is somewhat higher. The continuing menace of cable theft from the national rail network, the London Underground and other metro s...Cable theft: The continuing menace
Cable Theft. Like the proverbial bad penny, it’s a subject that keeps cropping up, although the monetary value concerned is somewhat higher. The continuing menace of cable theft from the national rail network, the London Underground and other metro s...CCTV released after men spotted ‘train surfing’ in Lancashire
British Transport Police has released images from CCTV of a young man and his friends ‘train surfing’ in Accrington, Lancashire. Officers have been shown CCTV images which show a young man hanging from the driver’s door of a train leaving...Keyline upgrades vehicles for Crossrail
Keyline has upgraded 14 vehicles that operate along the Crossrail route to meet new health and safety regulations. Keyline, which provides heavy building materials to the rail industry, is thought to be the first materials provider to achieve full Cros...£1,000 reward after vandals put bin on rail tracks
Northern Rail is offering a reward of £1,000 to catch vandals after a train struck a large metal bin in the area of Harecastle Tunnel, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday, 7 February. The incident was reported by the driver of the 20:48 Manchester to...
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