The Railways Commission was the body established to act as a safety and economic regulator for the Kingdom’s expanding railway network. Our team provided the key staff and expertise for the Commission to commence effective regulation.  Duties included:

• Drafting technical elements of Saudi Railway Law including the Implementing Regulations of the Statute of the Railway Authority and the Implementing Regulations of Railway Transport Law
• Preparing the licensing and safety certification criteria for all railways in the Kingdom. The safety certificate is effectively a licensing regime based upon creation and
• implementation of a safety management system
• Issuing licences and monitoring compliance including introducing a reporting regime, creating an accident monitoring database, and devising a formal inspection and assurance process
• Preparing the Commission’s policies, procedures, and guidance documents in a variety of areas including safety management systems.
• Conducting the first independent accident investigations in the Kingdom including investigating the derailment at speed of SRO Train 1 in 2011
• Auditing compliance with safety regulations including inspecting crowd control and general health and safety procedures at metro stations in preparation for the Hajj
• Conducting international safety performance benchmarking including establishing accident precursors as well as ongoing monitoring of licensees’ safety performance