Publications

Letter to the Department for Transport (DfT) about Highways England's performance in Road Period 1.

Letter to High Speed 1 Ltd.

Letter to Highways England setting out how ORR will hold them to account during the remainder of the pandemic.

This review was undertaken prior to the significant outbreak of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. It is therefore a snapshot in time generating conclusions and recommendations which will be more relevant when Network Rail and the industry returns to a status of normality. For this reason it is considered the review and its conclusions are still valid. ORR's expectations are that Network Rail plans

We have engaged with DfT on the prospect of charging an Investment Recovery Charge (IRC) on train operating companies running services on HS2. This is our exchange of letters with DfT on the principles of charging an IRC.

Letter to Network Rail.

ORR's monitoring framework and enforcement policy for Highways England.

Update on Network Rail's publication of its revised CP6 Delivery Plan.

Letter to stakeholders summarising ORR's views regarding Schedule 8 'overlay' agreements.

ORR’s Review of Network Rail’s delivery of train service performance in the North West and Central Region – Letter to Network Rail (NW&C region).

The ORR opinion on Eurotunnel's Network Statement for the 2021 working timetable.

Approval of Network Rail's methodology for calculating station long term charges for new franchised stations opening in control period 6 (CP6).

Passengers 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. This letter sets out our views on Network Rail’s delivery so far in 2019-20. It covers Scotland (as this has a separate framework), the best and worst performing Regions in England &

Our review of train performance incentives is looking at what drives decisions that affect train punctuality and reliability.

This letter sets out the final set of REBS payments for CP5. REBS will be discontinued in CP6.

This letter sets out our approval of the Baseline Annual Contract Mileage for freight operators in respect of the freight operator Schedule 8 regime for CP6.

This letter sets out our approval of the Baseline Annual Train Mileage for charter operators in respect of the charter operator Schedule 8 regime for CP6.

Our final determination includes total operating, maintenance and renewals charges for train services using the HS1 network from 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025.

Following on from ORR’s Opinion on Network Rail’s Putting Passengers First (PPF) programme and subsequent updates, this letter updates our position regarding Phase 2 of the PPF programme, and highlights a number of outstanding issues.

This guidance sets out the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) interpretation of The Railways Infrastructure (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (the NI Regulations).