Today, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) announced its decision to use railway track capacity between Wrexham and Bidston for Transport for Wales Rail Limited (TfWRL) and GB Railfreight Limited (GBRf). This decision will see both more passenger services and greater certainty for freight trains on the line.
London Waterloo regained its status as the most used railway station although its total number of passenger entries and exits is less than half of the number from two years ago (April 2019 to March 2020).
Train operators in Great Britain must provide appropriate, accurate and timely information as a licence condition, condition 4 of the Passenger Licence and GB Statement of National Regulatory Provisions.
We have asked that Network Rail, train and station operators work together under the governance structure of the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) Board to publish a Passenger Information Improvement Plan.
ORR stats reveal the oldest train fleets in Britain. Each year ORR publishes statistics on the average age of rolling stock for each rail operator in Great Britain.
We regulate access to stations by approving new station access agreements and amendments to existing station access agreements in accordance with the provisions set out under the Railways Act 1993.
This blog explains our work on a new safety report due to be published in December 2022. We expect the first edition to cover both our progress with the Transport Select Committee’s (TSC) recommendations on smart motorways and National Highways’ safety performance on the Strategic Road Network (SRN).
In this consultation, part of ORR’s periodic review 2023 (PR23) programme, we presented further proposals in respect of Network Rail’s CP7 access charges.