Annual safety performance report

Prior to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, the information contained in this report was included in a UK wide report published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the National Safety Authority (NSA) for GB, and submitted to the European Union Agency for Railways.

As a result of legislative amendments following EU exit, there are now different reporting requirements for GB and NI. The relevant GB legislation does not provide a mandate for ORR to receive NI reports, and so the Department has developed and published a stand-alone report for NI.

Summary of content

The annual safety performance report provides an overview of rail safety activity within NI. It includes information on the activities of the Department as NSA for NI, as well as information on rail safety supplied by the two mainline railway operators in NI, NI Railways (NIR) and Iarnród Éireann (IÉ).

Both NIR and IÉ submit annual railway operator safety reports to the Department as required under regulation 18(1) of the Railways (Safety Management) Regulations (NI) 2006 (as amended).

• Rail Safety Authority - Annual safety performance report 2023
• Rail Safety Authority - Annual safety performance report 2022
• Rail Safety Authority - Annual safety performance report 2021

The report includes information on the following:

• An outline of the applicable legislation in NI during this period
• Railway operator and NSA activities taken forward to enhance rail safety
• Key statistics
• Safety certification and authorisation
• Experience of applying relevant Common Safety Methods
• Supervision of railway undertakings and infrastructure managers

If you have any questions or feedback on this report, please contact railsafety@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk