Publications

An overview of the effects of work on health in the UK and the costs to employers and society and advice on how these health effects can be prevented and where to go for more information.

An outline of the rail accessibility legislation enforced by the ORR.

Information and advice for passengers on station safety issues such as platform gaps and stepping distances.

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is a European train control system that will be introduced onto the GB rail network over the next 30 years.

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

On this page we explain what the key legal requirements are for managing and controlling the risks from asbestos.

Licence exemptions exempt named operators from the requirement to hold a licence.

This page provides sources of further guidance on managing work-related stress, including the business case for better stress management.

This page provides examples of how rail companies can learn from others, including links to good practice case studies on managing work-related stress both from within and outside the rail industry.

Information on what rail employers need to do to adopt an organisational approach to preventing work-related stress.

This page contains track access decisions by section since 2014. For older decisions visit the National Archives.

Details of improvement notices and prohibition notices served by our inspectors, and details of prosecutions in England and Wales taken by inspectors and the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland.

Information on health and safety enforcement penalties

If a railway operator wants to access the railway network, it must apply to us for a track access agreement with Network Rail.

Our position on managing work-related stress in the rail industry, highlighting the costs as well as the business benefits of preventing stress before harm occurs.

Information is provided for employers and employees on health in the work place generally, specific health issues, healthy lifestyles and managing health risks

High-level guidance and general principles on assessing whether risks on Britain's railways have been reduced so far as is reasonably practicable.

Information is provided here for employers and employees on health in the work place generally, specific health issues, healthy lifestyles and managing health risks.

We are the primary producer of Official Statistics for rail. On our data portal we publish a suite of rail statistics covering six main themes, including performance, usage and safety. Statistical releases provide commentary on the latest statistics to help users interpret the data. In addition, we publish associated data tables and interactive dashboards. The majority of our statistics have been