Evaluation of Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997

The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997 were introduced as part of a programme for modernising railway legislation. They replaced a large number of old provisions, dating back as far as 1839. They converted about 100 existing prescriptive requirements into five new goal-setting duties which cover:

• preventing unauthorised access to the railway infrastructure (for example by means of lineside fencing);
• providing means of passenger communication with staff on trains;
• preventing collisions and derailments (for example by means of adequate signalling systems);
• providing adequate braking systems; and
• preventing accidents to staff (for example trackside workers) from moving vehicles.

The future of the Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997 and Railway Safety Regulations 1999.

Last updated: 22 July 2009

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