A meeting was held yesterday to discuss how the tram industry will move forward in the wake of the 2016 Croydon crash which killed seven people.

In December last year, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch concluded that excessive speed caused the tram to crash, and made 15 recommendations intended to ensure that a similar accident could not happen again.

Some of the recommendations included the potential for automatic braking systems to monitor driver alertness and improving the strength of doors and windows.

Tram operators, the Department for Transport, the Rail Safety and Standards Board and Transport for London were all brought together by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to discuss how they would best implement these recommendations.

ORR chief inspector of railways, Ian Prosser, was pleased with how the meeting went.

“The safety of the travelling public is the number one priority for everyone working within the tram industry," he said.

"We are all determined to learn lessons from the tragedy at Croydon and ensure it never happens again.

“The meeting was a highly productive step in agreeing an industry-wide action plan to implement the safety recommendations from the RAIB's incident report.”