This page contains details of improvement notices issued in 2024.
Copies of the notices can be found on our public register.
Improvement Notice issued to The Tramway Museum Society
- Issue date: 11 November 2024
- Compliance date: 9 December 2024
- Status: Complied
- Public register ID: I/ LS-20241111-1
The Tramway Museum Society have failed to make arrangements for the effective planning, monitoring and review of the preventative and protective measures that will, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure the safety of their employees and members of the public exposed to risk of injury; namely, they do not have appropriate arrangements in place to ensure that maintenance activities relating to their overhead line equipment (OLE) are effectively planned, organised, monitored and reviewed.
Improvement Notice issued to The Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd
- Issue date: 21 August 2024
- Compliance date: 31 January 2025
- Status: Open
- Public register ID: I/20240821/SDB/01
The Avon Valley Railway Company Limited have failed to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers, passengers and other persons affected by their undertaking, so far as is reasonably practicable, in that they are failing to effectively manage the risk of a runaway incident occurring during shunting activities through insufficient instruction to workers and consideration of gradients.
Improvement Notice issued to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
- Issue date: 12 August 2024
- Compliance date: 11 December 2024
- Status: Open
- Public register ID: I/20240812/JGT
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited have failed to gain an authorisation under the Railways (Interoperability) Regulation 2011 as amended from the Safety Authority, namely the Office of Rail and Road, before putting into use a structural subsystem, namely the upgraded track subsystem at Stalybridge.
Improvement Notice issued to Chiltern Railways
- Issue date: 19 February 2024
- Compliance date: 30 May 2024
- Status: Complied
- Public register ID: I/240219-1-JGT
Chiltern Railways has failed to provide, despite numerous previous requests, suitable and sufficient evidence of operating compliance of the flexible plastic covers installed over the communication device in wheelchair areas.
Improvement Notice issued to Chiltern Railways
- Issue date: 19 February 2024
- Compliance date: 1 November 2024, extended to 31 October 2025
- Status: Open
- Public register ID: I/240219-2-JGT
Chiltern Railways has failed to provide passenger information in a visual format, on rolling stock passenger services.
Improvement Notice issued to Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd
- Issue date: 15 February 2024
- Compliance date: 30 April 2024
- Status: Complied
- Public register ID: I/20240215/RGT/01
Great Central Railway has failed so far as is reasonably practicable, to put in place a documented system that ensures persons undertaking the safety critical task of shunting have been assessed as being competent and fit to carry out that task.
Improvement Notice issued to East Anglia Transport Museum Society Limited
- Issue date: 30 January 2024
- Compliance date: previously 30 April 2024, extended on 25 April 2024 to 15 June 2024.
- Status: Complied as of 14 June 2024
- Public register ID: I/LS-300124-1
East Anglia Transport Museum has failed to ensure that persons using the JCB Loadall Telehandler (EUR52055RE0277310), Small Dumper Truck, Case Excavator CX16B, Scissor Lift UPRSL26 (SL26-01005108), Nicosail FC-30 wheel loader and the Leeheey have received adequate training for the purposes of health and safety.