Network Rail made a pledge in February 2023 to install tactile paving on every UK rail station by 2025 following RNIB’s #RailSafecampaign, which was launched after the death of a partially sighted man in 2020, who fell from a platform with no tactile paving.

Shaun Forrester, Ibstock’s Commercial Director – Rail & Infrastructure category, commented: “The importance of Dual Copers and Tactile Paving cannot be underestimated, and will undoubtedly help save lives. I am pleased that by 2025 all platforms in the UK will have them and the role Ibstock will have played in this.”

Ibstock produces a range of platform solutions including the Dual Coper, which incorporates a tactile paving slab to keep those with poor - or no sight - away from the platform edge. This-high performance product was originally developed for Network Rail and contains a major reduction in embodied carbon of 80%, giving an overall eCO2 reduction of 70%. This has been achieved by producing a unique design blend mix which is used within a bespoke manufacturing process.