Two seconds from disaster

DR JOSEPH BRENNAN considers the challenge to make the railway safer, and how lessons can be learned from incidents at level crossings

An ever-improving safety record is no accident - it’s all about learning from mistakes, with every tragedy teaching the railway something new.

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

Thousands of bus replacements during key element of the Transpennine Route Upgrade

Our final extract from Bradley’s Railway Guide: A Journey through Two Centuries of British Railway History, 1825-2025 takes us to 2000… and an accident that would change the face of the railway

Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL