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Since 2010, the rail industry has been at the forefront of promoting good mental health and wellbeing, while also supporting the Samaritans in its work.

Rail passenger journeys in Great Britain fell to the lowest levels last seen in the mid-nineteenth century, official statistics from the Office of Rail and Road have revealed.

Welcome to our October newsletter.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today announced new safeguarding measures to improve reliability of over a million requests for passenger assistance received each year on Britain’s railways.

The Office of Rail and Road’s new accessible travel guidance has been published today.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and the rail industry are working together to improve passenger information.

ORR’s Transport for London (TfL) inspectors, recently ventured out to undertake a series of assurance visits by looking at London Underground’s and TfL Rail’s coronavirus planning and arrangements at stations and train crew depots.

The non-mainline heritage rail sector has taken steps to improve how it manages safety across its railways and has been praised by the Office of Rail and Road for how it has managed the reopening of its railways since the coronavirus pandemic.

Blog by Graham Richards, Director of Planning & Performance.

Following the tragic Stonehaven incident, Network Rail has announced it is to inspect high-risk trackside slopes across Britain and the government has also asked Network Rail to review its resilience to, and management of, extreme weather.