Type: Lecture

Safety never stops: 200 years of safety on the railway

Event organised by Railway Civil Engineers' Association

Date: 05 December 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30 GMT
Location: Institution of Civil Engineers

One Great George Street

Westminster

London, SW1P 3AA

United Kingdom

Add to Calendar 05-12-2023 18:00 05-12-2023 19:30 false Europe/London Safety never stops: 200 years of safety on the railway https://www.ice.org.uk/events/latest-events/200-years-of-safety-on-the-railway Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Hybrid

This event is viewable online and in person.

Free

Overview

‘Human lives are cheap. Dirt cheap. Men risk them for nothing’. These are the opening lines of ‘Safety Movement’ a document introduced by The Great Western Railway’s management, in August 1913. The document was a radical change to attitudes towards safety and was the precursor to ‘Personal Track Safety Handbook’.

This event will look at how attitudes to safety have changed from the opening of the West Durham to Stockton line with the first purpose-built passenger carriage in 1825, through the introduction of Railway Regulation Act 1840, The Regulation of Railways Act 1871, formation of the National Union of Railwaymen and through to the present day.

Venue

Institution of Civil Engineers

One Great George Street

Westminster

London

SW1P 3AA

Programme

18:00 - 18:10

Welcome and RCEA introduction

18:10 - 18:15

Introduction

18:15 - 19:15

Safety never stops – 200 years of safety on the railway by Steve McCormick, Network Rail

19:15 - 19:30

Q&A and event round up

19:30

Meeting closed followed by drinks in Kendal’s bar

Speaker

For more information please contact:

Fiona Oteng

e: [email protected]

Login or register for a MyICE account

Safety never stops: 200 years of safety on the railway

Hybrid