The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast

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The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast

With you every step of the way. We work across an evolving railway to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability for everyone.

  1. 3 JAN

    Revisiting the Sustainable Rail Blueprint: Milestones, member adoption, and more

    Welcome to our first podcast of 2025! With us today is Stacey Head, our Sustainability Manager. She’ll be speaking with us about some of the initiatives the Sustainable Rail Blueprint has prompted in its first year, how RSSB supports members to embed the Blueprint, and what the future holds for it.Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.uk/sustainability

    15 min

  2. 26/11/2024

    Reflections and resolutions with RSSB Chair, Mike Brown

    In this episode, we're delighted to be joined by Mike Brown, Chair of the RSSB Board. He's with us for the final episode of 2024 to round up the year the rail industry has had, discuss the changes it might see in 2025 and beyond -- as well as how to navigate them -- and reflect on what the festive season means for many rail workers.Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.ukHappy holidays. We'll be back in 2025!

    11 min

  3. 15/11/2024

    Road Safety Week special: Police tips on keeping your drivers safe

    This is the third and final episode in our Rail Industry Road Safety Week miniseries.This episode, we're joined by Rik Wenham, an investigator in the Commercial Vehicle Unit of the Metropolitan Police. Rik discusses the important processes of responding to and investigating road traffic accidents, covers how the police work with the parties involved, and shares advice on how best to manage occupational road risk. Content warning: This episode contains mentions of mental ill-health, suici...

    10 min

  4. 14/11/2024

    Road Safety Week special: Supporting a line report through an RTC

    This is the second episode in our Rail Industry Road Safety Week miniseries.This episode, we're joined by Jamie Mills, a Section Manager at Network Rail. He speaks with us about his experiences of managing an employee who experienced a road traffic accident in the line of work. Jamie discusses what he did in the immediate aftermath to support the employee and what came next to drive down future risk.Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.uk/managing-occupational-road-risk

    8 min

  5. 13/11/2024

    Road Safety Week special: How the ‘perfect storm’ led to this survivor’s RTC

    This is the first episode in our 2024 Rail Industry Road Safety Week miniseries. In this episode, we're joined by Dave Whelan, a train manager at GB Railfreight and someone who experienced a work-related road traffic accident. Dave speaks with our host, RSSB's Principal Health and Wellbeing Specialist Joana Faustino, about what led to the accident, his life in the aftermath, and what GBRf has done since.Find out more here: https://www.rssb.co.uk/managing-occupational-road-risk

    12 min

  6. 31/10/2024

    Unlocking value for industry in 2025 and beyond

    This month, we're speaking with Helen Costello, RSSB's Director of Business Management and Performance. She’ll be speaking with us about the biggest hurdles rail is facing at the moment, some of the solutions that RSSB has developed to help overcome these, and the value they’re generating for industry. Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.uk/strategic-business-plan-2024-29

    13 min

  7. 24/09/2024

    Why industry-wide collaboration will 'forever be valuable'

    This month we're joined by Vaibhav Puri, RSSB's Director of Sector Strategy and Transformation, to speak about the value of industry-wide collaboration for the rail sector.As well as the benefits, Vaibhav touches on how RSSB facilitates this collaboration, what 'good' looks like, and some challenges and misconceptions. He also discusses the role that collaboration will play in innovation and creating a strong future for rail.Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.uk/

    13 min

  8. 27/08/2024

    Our place at the heart of the rail industry

    We're joined this month by Johnny Schute, our Chief Operating Officer. Johnny speaks with us about RSSB's unique whole-system perspective and what that means for the GB rail industry. He touches on the value it generates, the efficiencies it enables, and how it helps us strive for safety while also ensuring cost reduction, revenue growth, and improved service reliability and resilience for our members.Find out more at https://www.rssb.co.uk/our-business-plan

    11 min
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