LADB-8 Response Historic AI-assessed

Railtrack to complete signal risk assessments for the Paddington area promptly.

Recommendation

Railtrack should ensure that the risk assessments and any consequent actions required under Group Standard GK/RT 0078 in respect of the signals in the Paddington area are carried out as soon as possible (para 7.125).

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence confirming that Railtrack completed signal risk assessments for the Paddington area under Group Standard GK/RT 0078, or that its successor Network Rail addressed this, has been identified in the provided sources. Railtrack was replaced by Network Rail in 2002, and no further specific evidence has been identified since then.
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Ladbroke Grove Inquiry
Report Ladbroke Grove Inquiry — Final Report 20 Sep 2001
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Themes & Tags
Rail Industry Fragmentation Rail line capacity constraints
Recommendation age 24.5 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates