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21: Ten-foot width guidance

From Formal Inquiry: Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 — Final Report (RSSB FI2013/F), published 18 March 2005.

Recommendation

Consideration should be given to the need for guidance to be included in training material, or in the Rule Book GE/RT8000, that specifies the width of ten-foot that is required to enable a person to stand in safety between two lines.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 154
Reference: 5.16

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.

Source

Inquiry Potters Bar Investigation
Report Formal Inquiry: Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 — Final Report (RSSB FI2013/F) 18 Mar 2005
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Themes and tags

Staff training and development Staff policy awareness Public Infrastructure Physical Hazards
Recommendation made 21.6 years ago