Rail professionals

This page gives an overview of how European railway safety legislation has been retained in the UK.

Railway licences for companies listed S - Z.

Railway licences for companies listed A – E.

All train drivers who drive on Britain's mainline railway must have, by law, a train driving licence.

The concept of health and safety by design is to preferably eliminate, and if not eliminate to control, health and safety risks in infrastructure, rolling stock, equipment and processes by early consideration of potential risks and then dealing with those risks at the design stage.