Infrastructure safety

Our role is to monitor progress by infrastructure controllers, working with the local highway authorities completing detailed risk assessments and any necessary improvements to further reduce incursion risk at vulnerable sites.

Information on Mark 1 rolling, their issues and current use.

Train protection is equipment fitted to trains and the track that can reduce risks from signals passed at danger (SPADs) and over-speeding.

Information related to signals passed at danger and what we do about them.

ORR has powers of investigation and enforcement to ensure that railway operators are controlling risks posed by infrastructure and railway vehicles.