Prohibition notices 2016
8 January 2016
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This page contains details of prohibition notices issued in 2016.
Enforcement
ORR prosecutes West Coast Railway Company and train driver over signal incident
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today started criminal proceedings against train operator West Coast Railway Company Limited (WCRC) and one of its drivers. The charges relate to breaches of Health and Safety Law which led to a train passing a signal warning at danger on 7 March 2015.
Network Rail is taking immediate action to improve planning and delivery of rail enhancements
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Network Rail is taking action to improve planning and delivery of rail enhancements, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) concluded today. This follows the regulator's investigation into the company's delivery of a multi-billion pound enhancement programme on Britain's railways.
ORR investigation finds Network Rail in breach of licence in 2014-15
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today published its findings and analysis from an investigation into Network Rail's performance delivery to Southern, Govia Thameslink (GTR) and in Scotland in 2014-15, which found that Network Rail breached its licence.
Train driver fined £2000 for ignoring safety procedures and rules
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A qualified train driver, Andrew McKenna, was fined £2000 by the Birmingham Magistrates Court today and ordered to pay costs of £1,581.87 for failing to follow safety rules while driving a locomotive in April 2012 on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Mr McKenna has pleaded guilty to a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a breach of health and safety law.
Improvement notices 2015
8 July 2015
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This page contains details of improvement notices issued in 2015.
Prohibition notices 2015
23 June 2015
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This page contains details of prohibition notices issued in 2015.
Statement - ORR issues improvement notice to West Coast Rail Company
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Statement from Ian Prosser, Director of railway safety, Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on our decision to issue an improvement notice West Coast Railway Company.
Other notices
12 February 2015
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Notices in accordance with Section 55(6) of the Railways Act 1993 (as amended) of the ORR's decision not to make a final order. Notice in accordance with Section 55(6) of the Railways Act 1993, as amended, of the Office of Rail Regulation's decision not to make a final order, or make or confirm a provisional order, in relation to Network Rail Infrastructure Limited's contravention of Condition 1
December 2014 engineering overruns investigation
11 February 2015
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We carried out an investigation into severe disruption on 27 and 28 of December 2014 to passengers travelling into or out of King's Cross and Paddington stations. Over the two days we estimate that more than 115,000 passengers were affected in some way by this disruption.