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One year on from its investigation into Network Rail’s impact on poor train performance in the North West and Central (NW&C) region, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) finds progress has been made, but an extended focus is required in the coming months to ensure improvements are fully delivered for passengers and freight.

A new fully electrified train service, running twice hourly between Corby and London St Pancras, has been introduced by East Midlands Railway (EMR).

Hitachi Rail, train operators, and government have agreed, with oversight from the Office of Rail and Road, a service recovery plan to safely reintroduce more 800 Series and 385 Series trains to the network.

ORR's heritage railway safety team has helped make possible what appeared to be a dramatic action sequence in the upcoming Mission: Impossible film. Steve Turner, principal inspector of railways, explains more.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has found that competition needs to be improved in Great Britain’s railway signalling market particularly as new technologies are rolled out as part of Network Rail’s delivery of the Digital Railway programme. This follows completion of the first stage of our study into this important market. ORR intends to take action to address this issue.

The official Office of Rail and Road podcast brings together a series of conversations to discuss issues impacting all aspects of Britain's railways and England's road network.

The Office of Rail and Road has launched a risk management model tailored for heritage railways to help control health and safety risks.

By the end of 2021 almost 30,000 passenger-facing staff will have undertaken disability awareness and equality training as part of requirements set out in our Accessible Travel Policy (ATP) Guidance to help improve a disabled passenger’s journey.

Tyne Wear Metro operator, Nexus, has been fined £1.5 million today after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974., for failing to ensure the safety of staff.

Network Rail has been fined £696,666 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act, for failing to protect the safety of staff following an incident at Godinton substation in Kent at the end of 2018.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has led train and station operators to improve passenger information on websites, and to confirm operators are fulfilling commitments to achieve industry-recognised accessibility standards.

DB Cargo has today been fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to protect the safety of its workers following an incident at its Dollands Moor freight yard in 2018.

The official Office of Rail and Road podcast brings together a series of conversations to discuss issues impacting all aspects of Britain's railways and England's road network.

A total of 140 million rail journeys were made in Great Britain in October, November and December 2020 and season ticket usage by passengers increased to 23% of pre-Covid levels, according to official statistics by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

I joined ORR six years ago as a Civil Engineer. Before joining the Civil Service, I had been working in the UK infrastructure sector for several years, both as an Engineering Consultant and for Network Rail.

For International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate Margaret Calvert - a graphic designer with a career spanning six decades. Her designs, although you may not realise it, relate not just to rail and road but our wider lives.

Welcome to our March newsletter.