Holding Network Rail to account
3 March 2026
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How we hold Network Rail to account against the network licence.
Holding Network Rail to account
Streamlining our regulatory approach
18 December 2025
Network Rail regulation
18 July 2025
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We regulate Network Rail’s stewardship of the rail network: for funders, train companies and their passengers, freight operators and their customers and taxpayers.
A Year in Rail and Track Ahead, April 2024 to March 2025
17 July 2025
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Our annual reviews of health and safety, Network Rail and our work for passengers.
Regulator calls on Network Rail to improve performance for passengers across Eastern region
25 October 2024
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is calling on Network Rail to improve train punctuality and reliability for passengers and freight across its Eastern region.
PR23 final determination explained
3 November 2023
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For the five years from April 2024, Network Rail plans to spend £43.1 billion operating, maintaining and renewing Britain’s railways.
The importance of stakeholder engagement: ORR's assessment of Network Rail
21 September 2023
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Good stakeholder engagement - the practice of talking to, listening to, and working with those involved in, or affected by, an organisation's activities - is essential, especially for an organisation like Network Rail which is tasked with maintaining Britain's railways infrastructure.
The Rail & Road Pod - Episode 7: Assessing Network Rail's performance
27 August 2021
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In this episode, the Rail and Road Pod looks at how the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) holds Network Rail to account for its performance and efficiency.
Regulator praises Network Rail’s Covid-19 response but raises concerns on capacity planning and approach to timetabling
4 December 2020
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has praised Network Rail’s response to Covid-19 but raised concerns over how Network Rail plans rail timetables for next year and in the longer term, and is requiring improvement by Network Rail on how rail capacity is allocated and access to the network is granted.
Rail Regulator: More needs to be done to tackle impact on safety from climate change
14 July 2020
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More needs to be done to tackle the impacts of climate change on the railway, which has seen risks increase over the last year, according to a new report published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today.