RSSB2790 - T1168-02 - Evaluating effectiveness of Trespass Detection and Prevention methodologies - Supplier Event - Monday 8th April 11:00 - 13:00

RSSB is holding a Supplier Event on Monday 8th April from 11:00 to 13:00 regarding "RSSB2790 - T1168-02 - Evaluating effectiveness of Trespass Detection and Prevention methodologies".

Should your organisation wish to attend please email the following email address by COP Friday 5th April: Shareditt@rssb.co.uk -- grown steadily, reaching an all-time high in 2018.

With this has come an increase in delay minutes due to trespass, and injuries and deaths of trespassers.

Trespass is also a factor in crimes such as cable theft, vandalism and fare evasion.

When the trauma of injuries and deaths to the friends and family of the deceased, staff involved, or witnesses is considered, it can be concluded that trespass damages every part of the rail ecosystem.

People who are trespassing for different reasons could be prevented from doing so with different interventions.

For instance, if a certain location sees a lot of trespass because the railway obstructs travel between two popular locations, building a rail bridge could eliminate the problem.

A bridge would not eliminate the problem of people trespassing if they intend to vandalise infrastructure.

The industry-wide collaborative Trespass Improvement Programme was set up in January 2018.

The programme includes RSSB, the British Transport Police, Rail Delivery Group, ORR, DfT, passenger and freight train operating companies, and Network Rail.

A recent output of this was a Trespass Bowtie Risk Assessment.

Another, led by BTP and Network Rail was the You Vs Train Campaign launched this summer.

Other significant work in trespass conducted by RSSB includes an investigation into causal factors for trespass via station platform ends (T322) which was recently updated.

RSSB conducted a knowledge search, S317 Technologies to Tackle Trespass, which identified gaps in existing research where further work could be beneficial, specifically: • There is a lack of understanding surrounding what motivates trespass and how this differs geographically and temporally across the GB network. • Different strategies and technologies to prevent trespass have not been evaluated in a consistent and reliable manner.

Choosing a solution which is effective against trespass, and appropriate to the type of trespass happening at a given location is subsequently difficult.

This project intends to tackle both gaps.

The first, by working with Network Rail to gather and analyse data on trespass.

The second, by developing guidance on experimental design which could be used to evaluate interventions in the future, and a framework for scoring the success of different interventions in order to compare them.

This work could also generate insight which could contribute to future updates of T322 guidelines and provide empirical data to support the Trespass Bowtie Risk Assessment.