A slide set that looks at three inter-related elements: Creating technological regulations to ensure an integrated strategy, Managing potential risks when integrating new technologies into existing rail lines and New signalling technologies, what to consider?
A paper which postulates that well designed systems can play a significant role in constraining and regulating behaviour in the railway safety environment from a societal perspective.
A paper which describes early trials of BDRA conducted on railway signal information and text-based reports of railway safety near misses and the ongoing research that is looking at combining various data sources to uncover obscured trends. The paper also discusses how visual analytics may be a key tool in analysing Big Data to support knowledge elicitation and decision making, as well as providing information in a form that can be readily interpreted by a variety of audiences
A paper which describes the methods taken to develop SMS guidance for light rail systems and the RSC’s experience of implementation
A paper which introduces the results of research into the definition of requirements for the design layout of an Asian Driver’s locomotive cab. Asian driver’s sizes were analysed and Asian anthropometric averages drawn out to build up a driver’s model. Using this data, computer aided design and simulations were created.
A paper which explains the origins and nature of the UK railways’ confidential reporting system and demonstrates how confidential reporting can reinforce safety defences, helping to improve organisational resilience and ultimately prevent accidents.
A paper which describes how a bespoke training course was developed by Southeastern to equip trained investigators with the skills to tackle more complex investigations. This led to the creation of a pool of investigators able to handle the challenges of more serious incidents, possible in the media spotlight.
A paper describing the development of SMIS+, an upgrade to their existing safety reporting and close call systems. The new system will deliver a single integrated platform for the whole GB railway industry to use.
A paper which summarises the structure and scope of Britain’s mainline railway and the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) railway health and safety role, vision, strategy, approach and goals in regulating it, including excellence in safety culture and risk management. The paper introduces ORR’s Railway Management Maturity Model (RM3), a tool for assessing safety performance in detail and the industry’s precursor indicator model and our safety by design approach.
A paper which gives context to risk identification in complex systems and offers a practical solution to identifying these risks
