Recommendation Status Report: Derailment of a passenger train at Grange-over-Sands
This report is based on information provided to the RAIB by the relevant safety authority or public body.
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consideration, or if it has, the action proposed does not address the recommendation, or there is
insufficient evidence to support no action being taken.
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recommendation.
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Recommendation Status Report
Report Title Derailment of a passenger train at Grange-over-Sands
Report Number 02/2025
Date of Incident 22/03/2024
Rec No. Status RAIB Concern Recommendation RAIB Summary of current status
02/2025/01 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to manage the risk introduced when
temporary pumping and drainage solutions are installed and remain in
place for a protracted period.
Building on the work already completed by its North West and Central
region, Network Rail should undertake a review nationally to understand if
there are other pumping or drainage assets that were originally installed
as a temporary measure but that have stayed in operation for a period
longer than originally anticipated.
Following this review, Network Rail should put arrangements in place to
ensure that the requirements of relevant standards and procedures are
correctly applied to any assets identified, and that the associated risks are
controlled (paragraphs 161a.i, 161a.ii, 162b).
02/2025/02 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to reduce the likelihood that buried
services are struck during tamping operations.
Network Rail should review how it can improve the ability of tamper
operators to detect buried services. This review should include
consideration of technological solutions that could inform tamper
operators of approaching buried services and/or which could
automatically detect and notify operators of their presence.
Once this review is complete, Network Rail should develop a timebound
programme to implement any improvements identified which will help to
control the risk of buried services from being struck (paragraph 161a.ii).
Created on 07 April 2025
Recommendation Status Report
02/2025/03 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to reduce the likelihood of
non-compliance associated with tamping operations at Carnforth
maintenance delivery depot.
Network Rail should review staffing levels within Carnforth maintenance
delivery unit to ensure that it has sufficient resources to deliver its
tamping operations in accordance with the requirements of its own
standards and procedures. This review should specifically consider if
staffing levels are sufficiently resilient to cope with absences, including
when staff are unavailable at short notice (paragraph 162c).
02/2025/04 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to encourage timely
decision-making in relation to the future of the Winster catchment area in
order to protect the railway from risks arising from temporary mitigations.
The Environment Agency, working in conjunction with Westmorland and
Furness council, the Marine Management Organisation, Network Rail, and
other identified local stakeholders (including those mentioned in this
report), should lead the development of a timebound strategy to respond
to the pervasive flooding adjacent to the railway at this location to avoid
the need to rely on temporary solutions (paragraph 162a).
02/2025/05 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to reduce the risk of a derailed
train being struck by a train on an adjacent line due to a failure of
communication systems.
Eversholt Rail Leasing Ltd, working in conjunction with Northern
Trains and CAF, should undertake a review of the design of the battery
isolation switch on class 195 trains to see if it can be better protected
from an inadvertent operation during foreseeable accident and incident
scenarios.
This recommendation may apply to other trains operating in the UK with a
similar battery isolation switch arrangement (paragraph 163).
Created on 07 April 2025
Recommendation Status Report
Created on 07 April 2025