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“How to make cheese – Cheddar takes longer to mature than Emmental”. Amanda Mumford-Rudd HM Inspector of Railways. Overview. Regulator in Britain – a short history to set the scene What is the Railway Safety Directorate? Britains national rail network Infrastructure Manager
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“How to make cheese – Cheddar takes longer to mature than Emmental” Amanda Mumford-Rudd HM Inspector of Railways
Overview • Regulator in Britain – a short history to set the scene • What is the Railway Safety Directorate? • Britains national rail network Infrastructure Manager • Developments in ORR’s approach to proactive inspections and audit and their contribution to securing improved management of the asset by the Infrastructure Manager • Accidents • New ways of working • Effect
Common Themes • All TRACK failures • All maintenance failures • All systemic failures • Regulatory intervention?
Industry and Regulatory structure Plain Glasgow York Birmingham London Bristol
Our response – Project based inspection • Restructuring of maintenance delivery by IM • Supporting paperwork and briefing • Time bound • Clear questions put to ORR inspectors • HQ review and analysis • Outcome
Our response – Project based inspection & audit • Maintenance Delivery Unit Inspection Project • SMS audit & 6 topic verifications • How do we ensure consistency? • ORR internal challenges • External challenges
What effect have we had? • The bigger picture - Grayrigg • What has the Infrastructure Manager done?
Next steps • Practical application of bow tie analysis • Change imports risk • Ongoing internal challenges
Our vision amanda mumfold-rudd@orr.gsi.gov.uk