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The following are documents which record research into railway specific activities.





16 Jun 2008
[PDF] Evaluation of the UK Rail Sector Initial Fatigue & Risk Index Thresholds: Identifying Good Practice (220 Kb)
Produced by Health & Safety Laboratory

26 Feb 2008
[PDF] Determination of Tramway Wheel and Rail Profiles to Minimise Derailment (2372 Kb)
Produced by Rail Technology Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University

26 Feb 2008
[PDF] A Good Practice Guide for Managing the Wheel-Rail Interface of Light Rail and Tramway Systems (151 Kb)
Produced by Rail Technology Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail: Literature review (4188 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail Part 1: The model (1588 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail Part 2: Data (444 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail Part 3: Further data (930 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail: Combination of bending and contact stresses (638 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

30 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The effect of residual stress on contact stress driven crack growth in rail: Comparison of the Hatfield and alternative UK rails using models (2327 Kb)
Produced by Newcastle University

29 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - Modelling of Bending Stresses in Rails - November 2004 (277 Kb)
Produced by Health & Safety Laboratory

29 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - The influence of pro-eutectoid ferrite and decarburisation on crack growth - 17 August 2005 (2409 Kb)
Produced by University of Sheffield

29 Nov 2006
[PDF] Post Hatfield rolling contact fatigue - Measurement of Crack Depths in a Section of Head Hardened Rail - March 2005 (1698 Kb)
Produced by Health & Safety Laboratory

27 Nov 2006
[PDF] A survey of UK tram and light railway systems relating to the wheel/rail interface - 14 March 2006 (whole document) (8240 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory

27 Nov 2006
[PDF] A survey of UK tram and light railway systems relating to the wheel/rail interface - 14 March 2006 (split 1) (2731 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory (split 1)

27 Nov 2006
[PDF] A survey of UK tram and light railway systems relating to the wheel/rail interface - 14 March 2006 (split 2) (3362 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory (split 2)

27 Nov 2006
[PDF] A survey of UK tram and light railway systems relating to the wheel/rail interface - 14 March 2006 (split 3) (3140 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory (split 3)

22 Nov 2006
[PDF] Investigation of the dynamic behaviour of aluminium welds in rail vehicle applications - 17 July 2006 (5130 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory

22 Nov 2006
[PDF] Dynamic Properties of Aluminium Alloys Literature Review - 4 August 2004 (426 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory

15 Aug 2006
[PDF] Manual handling in the rail sector in South Wales (1315 Kb)
Produced by the Health & Safety Laboratory


Published by HSE Rail prior to 1 April 2006

Please note in each PDF file below the original document follows the introductory page about the transfer of health and safety on the railways to ORR.


[PDF] 2005 - Dynamic tensile properties of thin sheet materials (2139 Kb)


[PDF] 2005 - Development and validation of the HMRI safety culture inspection toolkit (1387 Kb)


[PDF] 2005 - Level crossing: Summary of finding and key human factors issues (1873 Kb)


[PDF] 2004 - Recruiting safe employees for safety-critical roles (587 Kb)


[PDF] 2004 - Evaluation of The Railways (Safety Case) Regulations (2127 Kb)


[PDF] 2003 - Transport fatal accidents and FN-curves: 1967-2001 (379 Kb)


[PDF] 2003 - Train protection: Technical review of ERTMS programme team report (780 Kb)


[PDF] 2003 - Train protection: Review of economic aspects of the work of ERTMS programme team (684 Kb)


[PDF] 2003 - Public dialogue on train protection (1104 Kb)


[PDF] 2002 - Main changes between 2001 and 2003 editions of the regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) (807 Kb)


[PDF] 2001 - Speed and rolling stock of trains in fatal accidents on Britain's mainline railways (309 Kb)


[PDF] 2001 - Development of a multiskilling life cycle model (842 Kb)


[PDF] 2001 - Valuation of benefits of health and safety control: Follow-up study (323 Kb)


[PDF] 2000 - Studies into the 2-4 hour shift phenomenon (7260 Kb)


[PDF] 1999 - Guidance on the definition of activities regarded as safety critical under the Railways (Safety Critical Work) Regulations 1994 (312 Kb)


[PDF] 1999 - Implications of overcrowding on railways (668 Kb)


[PDF] 1998 - Assessing the risks associated with fatigue in railway safety-critical tasks (3475 Kb)


[PDF] 1998 - 1994 data on the transport of dangerous substances (2103 Kb)


[PDF] 1998 - Implications of major hazard sites in close proximity to major transport routes (4031 Kb)


[PDF] 1998 - Structural assessment of railway bridges (1566 Kb)


[PDF] 1997 - Risk to the public at unsupervised stations (1532 Kb)


[PDF] 1997 - Human factors research into use of user-worked level crossings (6488 Kb)


[PDF] 1996 - Review of (the approach to) Railway Safety Cases (2369 Kb)


[PDF] 1996 - Vehicle driver behaviour at level crossings (2212 Kb)


[PDF] 1996 - Study of upward flame spread on inclined surfaces (1618 Kb)


[PDF] 1992 - Human factors approaches for the design of VDU interfaces to computer-based railway signalling systems (1129 Kb)




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