My interest in transport safety is based on working 21 years on the UK railways, of which 10 years as train driver. After the Ladbroke Grove collision on 05-10-1999 I met and was honoured to co-operate with Stanley Hall, publishing articles and books on aspects of rail safety such as ATP and level crossings. After my retirement in 2013 it fostered writing a manuscript discussing transport safety with 60 rail accidents throughout the world, which resulted in the publication of this book.
Although railway travel is now amongst the safest forms of transport in the world and,in Britain no passenger has been killed whilst travelling by train since the derailment of a Virgin Pendolino at Grayrigg in 2007,there are still incidents worldwide in which issues of railway safety are critical.Over the years major accidents have resulted in lessons being learnt and changes introduced that have helped to bring about the current levels of safety.In an unexpected End to the Journey,Peter van der Mark explores the causes and consequences of railway accidents throughout the world,helping to explain through a detailed examination of 60 accidents how the railway grew to be what it is today:an unbeatably safe way to travel. Based upon years of research and drawing upon the author’s experiences of the railway industry to put the featured accidents into context.
More on the site for the book: https://internationalrailaccidentbook.home.blog/
ISBN 10: 0957589832 ISBN 13: 9780957589834
Publisher: Shrewdale Publishing, 2016
Another bit of Ruminating on Railways 