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Statement on ORR Chair

25 January 2018
ORR Chair Stephen Glaister has agreed to a request from the Secretary of State to continue in role for a further 12 months, to the end of 2018.

ORR organises Croydon tram safety summit

22 January 2018
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has called a special meeting to discuss how the tram industry will move forward following the Croydon tram crash in November 2016.

ORR organises Croydon tram safety summit

19 January 2018
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has called a special meeting to discuss how the tram industry will move forward following the Croydon tram crash in November 2016.

UK rail industry financial information 2016-17

17 January 2018
18 January 2018 The UK rail industry financial information 2016-17 presents ORR’s analysis of the rail industry’s finances. Key findings include: £9.7bn of rail funding came from passenger fares, an increase of 1.1% from 2015-16. £3.4bn came from government funding (net), a decrease of 0.7% since 2015-16. Governments received £0.7bn net from train companies. This is because while companies

Statement on ORR Chair

4 January 2018
ORR Chair Stephen Glaister has agreed to a request from the Secretary of State to continue in role for a further 12 months, to the end of 2018.

Fitness for work

12 December 2017
This guidance aims to bring together the key legal requirements associated with the management of fitness in the workplace.

Consultation on application for consent to obtain recovery of costs incurred in operation of the Heathrow rail infrastructure

1 December 2017
Date published: 1 December 2017 Closing date: 8 January 2018 Consultation outcome Consent to obtain recovery of costs incurred in operation of the Heathrow Rail Infrastructure - Decision letter Published 21 May 2018 Responses to this consultation Published 16 July 2018 Consultation Heathrow Airport Limited has applied for ORR’s approval to levy a mark-up in order to obtain recovery of costs

Working paper 7: Collaborative working on the rail network

24 November 2017
In November 2017, we published working paper 7. This discussed how incentives for collaborative working between train operators and Network Rail could be strengthened. Following its publication, we held a number of discussions with stakeholders to inform our thinking on this issue. We also received 12 responses to this working paper which are available here. We are grateful to all those who

Working paper 6: The volume incentive

24 November 2017
Date published: 30 November 2017 Consultation closing date: 25 January 2018 Conclusions published: 24 May 2018 The volume incentive was designed to encourage Network Rail to make additional capacity available in response to unexpected demand from operators to use the network. In November 2017, we published Working Paper 6: The Volume Incentive. In the paper, we set out our views on the

Consultation on new guidance and changes to ORR's economic enforcement policy to reflect Northern Ireland regulations

10 November 2017
The final guidance summarises the provisions of The Railways Infrastructure (Access Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (the NI Regulations) and explains the rights and responsibilities of service providers and railway undertakings with regards to access and charging. It also sets out ORR’s interpretation of key provisions, and the process for

Changes to ORR’s economic enforcement policy and penalties statement to reflect The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016

10 November 2017
ORR’s conclusions on changes to its economic enforcement policy and penalties statement to reflect The Railways (Access, Management & Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016. Outcome of the December consultation Changes to our enforcement policy were required to reflect The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016 (the A&M Regulations). The A

Supply of ticketing equipment and systems

3 October 2017
Date published: 4 October 2017 Closing date: 31 January 2018 We have completed the substantive phase of our review into the market for the supply of ticketing equipment and systems. Our review included looking at the supply of ticket vending machines (TVMs), ticket issuing systems (TIS), and, ticket gates. Our review considered whether any structural or conduct related issues in the markets for

System operation in control period 6 (CP6)

21 September 2017
This page provides details of our work and publications on developing the framework for Network Rail’s national system operator (NSO) in control period 6 (CP6) as part of the 2018 periodic review (PR18).

Consultation on ORR's approach to track access and the future operation of High Speed 2 (HS2)

11 September 2017
Conclusions On 9 April 2018, we published our conclusions to our September 2017 consultation and we also updated the original consultation letter so that it is now a regulatory statement. September 2017 consultation Date published: 21 September 2017 Closing date: 20 October 2017 The purpose of this consultation was to seek views on how ORR proposed to take into account the future operation of HS2

Guidance on Network Rail’s strategic business plans

25 July 2017
As part of the 2018 periodic review (PR18), Network Rail will produce strategic business plans (SBPs) which will form the main source of evidence that we will use to determine Network Rail’s funding and outputs for CP6.

Consultation on the overall framework for regulating Network Rail

24 July 2017
Draft design for our approach to regulating Network Rail in CP6 This document sets out our approach to regulating Network Rail in control period 6 (CP6, which will run from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024, as we have consulted on it in the draft determination. Its purpose is a tool to express our proposed framework for regulating Network Rail in a succinct way. Draft design for our approach to