Recommendation 15: Clarify RT/CE/S/103 inspections
From Formal Inquiry: Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 — Final Report (RSSB FI2013/F), published 18 March 2005.
Recommendation
Network Rail Company Standard RT/CE/S/103 should be revised to clarify the following: • Paragraph 4.4 as to how often track gauge in S&C is to be measured and by whom (ie basic inspector, supervisor or track engineer). • Paragraph 8.1.2 as to how often toe and heel openings are to be checked and by whom (ie basic inspector, supervisor or track engineer). • Paragraph 8.1.2 to prescribe where toe and heel opening should be measured in relation to the cross-section of the rails.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.