Changing risk in the liberalised rail freight market Ian Lake – Railway Safety Commission.

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Changing risk in the liberalised rail freight market Ian Lake – Railway Safety Commission

Introduction How changes in market structure have changed resulted in organisational terms How these changes are affecting risk at ground level Note this is a Western European perspective

Market structure -What happened? The EU identified a need to enable rail freight to cross borders more easily than the existing inter-working arrangements. Market competition was seen as assisting this process. A succession of EC Directives has made competition possible, creating mechanisms for the sale of train paths and rights of access and harmonising technical standards Parallel to this process, privatisation occurred in the UK in with a freight operations being divided up into multiple companies and sold. Within five years new entrants emerged to directly challenge the incumbent operators. Now freight is moved by seven parent companies with licenses to operate / safety certificates in GB. Only one in Ireland.

Shunting Freight train preparation and shunting moved mainly into the hands of Freight Railway Undertakings - making shunting a speciality rather than a general skill. The task is undertaken by fewer staff Shunters have become ‘road mobile’

What’s the effect on risk? The risk is concentrated, potentially easier to manage New source of risk from being ‘road mobile’ with fatigue implications Reduced direct supervision in task – although probably equal attention to competence management

Train driving What changed? Wider route knowledge but some routes will be driven infrequently. Move to drivers working from home for certain diagrams – travelling by car / van or train. With business fluctuations, working patterns may be more irregular for freight RU drivers

What’s the effect on risk? Can wider route knowledge create a greater likelihood of operational incidents - Such as SPAD’s and accidental speeding over weight restricted structures. Fatigue implications from more irregular shift patterns. Fatigue considerations from travelling by road.

Management of staff what changed? Fitness for duty - Traditional arrangements v New arrangements. Train crews working day no longer based around a fixed location where visual check undertaken on all staff. Now fitness for duty managed by a percentage check of staff (15% checks) and the scientific deterrent - Drugs and Alcohol testing instead of observation Smaller RU’s managers may cover large geographical areas Limited ‘spare’ staff available to be used in periods of disruption. ‘Poaching’ of qualified drivers – mainly from passenger RU’s.

What’s the effect on risk? Fitness for duty - Any meaningful loss of supervision as a result? Most management do not think so – only severe cases of alcohol or drug use were ever likely to be detected by depot supervisors. Testing and strong HR policies (both random and post incident) is a now stronger deterrent. Can route knowledge (as an example) be sufficiently assessed by management when staff cover a large area? Potential for safety to be compromised by not having any ‘spare’ train crew to cope with disruption and staff having to work excessive hours. How robust is the recruitment process if ‘poaching’ drivers. Risk increased if not thorough.

Rolling stock and maintenance – what changed? The drive to become more cost efficient has led to modernisation and standardisation. In the UK – nearly all the operators use the class 66 or the ‘EMD JT42 CWR’ in their fleets. Significant replacement off the wagon fleet, with higher capacity air braked bogie wagons replacing 4 wheel wagons. Maintenance activity has become more mobile. Taking the fitter (engineer) to the vehicle rather than the vehicle to the fitter. Planned maintenance frequencies extended

What’s the effect on risk? Higher utilisation may lead to failure issues arriving earlier New diagnostic methods help identify defects earlier. OTMR, engine management systems, better HABD’s Engineering issues are being picked up and managed. Defective wagon wheelsets have been detected and changed. Circulation of defect information is fairly robust (N.I.R Notices)

Conclusion Change in the industry has seen the risk change -Some risks have been concentrated (e.g. shunting) and potentially can be managed better -Some risk has been reduced with new working practices and improvements in equipment, materials and understanding of human factors -Potential risk has been created with more flexible working, not all on railway infrastructure -Industry is generally aware of emerging areas of risk -Larger RU’s are able to manage certain areas of risk more easily (excess working time, engineering issues etc)

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