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Office of Rail and Road December 2022 newsletter

Competition in the supply chains which support Great Britain’s railway services is essential if passengers and taxpayers are to receive a high-quality service at an efficient cost.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has opened up the Great Western Main Line to competition and enabled a significant increase in rail services between London and South Wales.

The Rail and Road Pod gets out and about at the Highways UK event at the NEC in Birmingham.

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.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published its latest Rail Industry Finance (UK) statistical report.

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 joined stakeholders from across the roads industry at Highways UK on 2 and 3 November 2022.

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.