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Press releasesGreat Western Railway fined £1m following fatal 2018 droplight window incident
3 October 2025
Press releasesORR welcomes industry progress on improving cost effective rail safety decisions
18 September 2025
Press releasesRail Regulator sets out key recommendations for assessing costs and benefits of health and safety interventions
17 March 2025
Press releasesSevern Valley Railway fined £40,000 after painter suffers serious injuries in fall from height
13 September 2024
Press releasesORR gives approval for enhancements at University station, Birmingham, to open
17 January 2024
Press releasesSafety improves on the strategic road network but ORR calls on National Highways to make further targeted improvements
18 December 2023-
Press releases
Gwili Railway Company Ltd fined £18,000 after volunteer injured in fall from height
7 September 2023 
Press releasesRail industry must focus on climate challenge and health of workers, says regulator
19 July 2023
Press releasesAmey Rail Limited fined £533,000 following electrical shock injury to worker
4 April 2023
