Established in 1840,
HM Railway Inspectorate (
HMRI:
Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate) is the
British organisation responsible for overseeing
safety on Britain's
railways and
tramways. Previously a separate
non-departmental public body it was, from 1990 to April 2006, part of the
Health and Safety Executive, then was transferred to the
Office of Rail and Road and finally ceased to exist in May 2009 when it was renamed the Safety Directorate. However, in the Summer of 2015 its name has been re-established as the safety arm of ORR. August 2015 being the 175th anniversary of its founding.