Independent reporters
31 October 2025
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Independent reporters provide professional advice to the ORR on the quality of Network Rail's service provision, as specified in its licence.
Economic regulation
Holding Network Rail to account
31 October 2025
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How we hold Network Rail to account against the network licence.
Holding National Highways to account
24 October 2025
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We are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the performance and efficiency of National Highways.
New streamlined guidance for third party rail investment
24 October 2025
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Rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), today published new streamlined guidance for rail investors, to make it easier for third party investment to take place in rail infrastructure, contributing to economic growth.
Rail Network Investment Framework Deep Dive 2025
24 October 2025
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This work will support government plans to boost investment and drive economic growth across the UK.
Investing in the rail network: The Investment Framework
24 October 2025
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Our investment framework provides a means for infrastructure projects to be approved, specified and delivered outside of the periodic review process.
Measuring the financial health of our rail infrastructure
30 September 2025
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Can a company become more efficient, while also reporting financial underperformance?
Monitoring Network Rail's efficiency
30 September 2025
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Reports on Network Rail’s efficiency and wider financial performance, and the wider rail industry’s productivity.
Investigations of National Highways
23 September 2025
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Investigation of National Highways’ compliance with its licence and delivery of the second road investment strategy (RIS2).
Assessing the costs and benefits of health and safety interventions in rail
18 September 2025
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As the combined safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railway, we reviewed how costs and benefits are assessed for safety initiatives, and whether reasonable practicability is systematically tested by dutyholders.