News

By Simon Chapman, Senior Policy Advisor.

Dame Deirdre Hutton, Mike Brown MVO, Anne Heal and Michael Beswick have been appointed as the expert panel of advisers for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) Inquiry into the widespread disruption suffered on the railway after the introduction of the May 2018 timetable.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today formally launched its Independent Inquiry into the recent and widespread timetable disruption suffered on the railway and published its target.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published its assessment of Network Rail's plans to spend £4bn in Scotland over the next five years (known as Control Period 6 or CP6).

Rail Regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), has today set out its initial view of Network Rail's five year plans to spend more than £34bn (£30bn in England and Wales and £4bn in Scotland) to 2024 (known as Control Period 6 or CP6).

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published GTR's response to the concerns raised following the recent publication in the media of GTR's 'Pit Stop' document.

The Secretary of State for Transport has today announced that ORR will undertake an inquiry, led by ORR Chair Stephen Glaister, into May 2018 timetable implementation.

Welcome to ORR's May Newsletter.

By Catherine Williams, Deputy Director, Railway Markets and Economics.

The Office of Rail and Road ("ORR") and Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires et Routières ("Arafer") are the responsible bodies for the regulation of the Channel Fixed Link. Both organisations have published today their opinions on Eurotunnel's 2019 Network Statement.