Publications

We regularly commission research, working with expert agencies and the rail industry to gather feedback on passengers' experiences of accessibility, and assisted travel services.

This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.

Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

ORR's board meets around ten times a year (monthly except August and December).

Passenger train and station operators have information obligations in their licences.

Information on how competing and complex applications for the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes will be considered.

Our decisions on new contracts where Network Rail and the train operator could not reach agreement.

This page contains guidance, forms and decisions we have made regarding appeals under The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016.

To help prioritise ours and the industry’s strategic focus we issue chapters, which we update as part of a rolling process, focused on the key risks from across the sector and based on incident data, risk trend analysis and the findings from our inspections, investigations and audits.

ROGS safety certificates and authorisations issued by us for non-mainline operators.

ROGS safety certificates and authorisations issued by us for mainline operators.

This page contains details of improvement notices issued in 2025.

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

When an incident or accident occurs, we receive notification in line with The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).