Economic regulation

Benchmarking National Highways' performance and efficiency

17 February 2026

One of our core activities is to benchmark National Highways' performance and efficiency across its own regional areas or against comparable organisations.

Land disposal cases - condition 17 of Network Rail's licence

11 February 2026

Condition 17 of Network Rail's network licence safeguards against the inappropriate disposal of land assets.

Holding Network Rail to account

9 February 2026

How we hold Network Rail to account against the network licence.

HS1 applications, decisions and consolidated agreements

6 February 2026

All High Speed 1 (HS1) track access application consultations, decisions and consolidated agreements.

Annual assessment of National Highways' performance 2023 to 2024

15 January 2026

Streamlining our regulatory approach

18 December 2025

Stakeholder engagement

17 December 2025

We monitor on the quality of Network Rail's engagement with its stakeholder community.

CP7 passenger train performance reset: consultation on targets for 2026 to 2029

11 December 2025

As part of the control period 7 (CP7) passenger train performance reset (CP7 reset), we sought views on the passenger train performance targets proposed for monitoring and holding Network Rail to account in years 3 to 5 of the control period.

CP7 passenger train performance reset

11 December 2025

Our work on the CP7 performance reset, including links to consultations and other publications.

Independent reporters

31 October 2025

Independent reporters provide professional advice to the ORR on the quality of Network Rail's service provision, as specified in its licence.

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