Rail Safety Week keeps the focus on safety learning and psychological safety during change
15 June 2026
We're supporting Rail Safety Week. This year's focus is psychological safety, wellbeing, and keeping the lessons from the past in mind during ongoing change.
Every year, the rail industry has a dedicated week to focus on rail safety together, organised by Rail Forum. It is a key event for the industry to get together and discuss key safety issues, particularly at the Rail Safety Week conference on Monday 15 June in York, with CIRAS' Katie Johnston attending.
Corporate memory
The Rail Safety Standards Board's (RSSB) Greg Morse is a guest speaker at the conference, exploring lessons learned from the Cullen Report into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash and ensuring these aren’t lost during the current industry changes.
Greg explored this and other learnings from the historical evolution of safety culture in rail in his blog for us about the birth of a nationwide CIRAS. He has also previously published an article for us about Clapham and the corporate memory.
For this Rail Safety Week, RSSB has published a new web page about corporate memory exploring the themes of Greg's conference talk.
Psychological safety
Rail Safety Week is also emphasising the importance of keeping people's wellbeing front of mind during times of change. As part of this, its conference features guest speakers on psychological safety alongside good practice examples.
Search both psychological safety and listening culture on CIRAS' website to find more related content, including about how it helps create high-performing teams, and how listening well improves outcomes in times of change.