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For International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate Margaret Calvert - a graphic designer with a career spanning six decades. Her designs, although you may not realise it, relate not just to rail and road but our wider lives.

The train, from Newcastle to London King’s Cross, derailed into the path of an oncoming freight train. Ten people lost their lives that day including the drivers of both trains. 82 were seriously injured.

Greater transparency and improved data will help drive better outcomes for road users.

Speaking on the latest Rail and Road Pod; Samaritans, Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail, encourage those in the rail industry to reach out to someone they care about over a virtual cuppa and get involved in the industry’s Million Hour Challenge.

Today we have launched ‘Know Your Rail Rights’; a campaign to better empower passengers. The campaign provides information about passengers’ rights on issues from complaints, refunds through to ticketing terms and conditions.

The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 – also commonly known as ROGS – are set of rules that provide the regulatory regime for rail safety, including the mainline railway, metros (including London Underground), tramways, light rail and heritage railways.

I was asked to speak at this year’s International Rail Safety Conference, on the subject of “Learning from incidents and planning change” and it was an easy decision for me, what to speak about.

Improving road safety is a global challenge. Road traffic injuries and deaths have a terrible impact on individuals and communities, and too many people still die on our road network despite it being one of the safest in the world.

Cyber security is vital to ensure critical railway systems are kept running.

We've signed the rail industry's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK railway industry.