Publications

A list of consents granted or denied since the modification to Condition 16 (financial ring-fence) on 18 Nov 2002.

Our efficiency and finance assessment of Network Rail for 2023 relates to the fourth year of control period 6 (CP6), which runs from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024.

Information about the 2023 periodic review (PR23) of Network Rail's outputs and funding for control period 7.

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

All our periodic review 2023 (PR23) legal notices will be added to this page during the review. It also includes links to Network Rail's price lists for track access charges.

Information on the terms of access to the Channel Tunnel.

Our monitoring framework and enforcement policy for National Highways, and how we monitor the company’s performance and identify, escalate and resolve areas of concern.

It is important that land in which Network Rail has an interest and which may be important to the continuing operation and future development of the network, and services relating to railways, is not disposed of against the public interest. Condition 17 of Network Rail's network licence safeguards against the inappropriate disposal of land assets.

We monitor and report on the quality of Network Rail's engagement with its stakeholder community in control period 6 (CP6).

Network Rail's network licence includes a condition providing for independent experts (reporters) to be appointed by the network operator (Network Rail), to provide ORR with advice on different aspects of Network Rail’s performance.

We undertake targeted assurance reviews to gain in-depth understanding into ongoing or emerging issues, risks and opportunities within Network Rail which could impact regulatory targets.

This page presents our cost benchmarking analysis of Network Rail's costs. It covers the analysis we undertook in different periodic reviews as well as reports we produced as part of our regular monitoring of Network Rail’s cost performance.

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

This content and related publications refer to our annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.

We are responsible for monitoring and enforcing the performance and efficiency of National Highways in its delivery of the Smart Motorway Action Plan.

This document is part of how we hold Network Rail to account.

Those that use the railway rely on both Network Rail and train operators to run a punctual and reliable train service. Our remit is to ensure that Network Rail is doing all that is reasonably practicable to deliver its contribution.

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

For the five years from April 2024, Network Rail plans to spend £43.1 billion operating, maintaining and renewing Britain’s railways.

Our final determination follows our consultation on the PR23 draft determination. We consulted on our draft determination from 15 June to 31 August 2023.