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Why the great success of Britain’s railways also presents major safety challenges

Content archived on 30 May 2025

12 August 2014
Britain's railways are carrying record numbers of passengers and freight on the network today – there were more than 1.5bn passenger journeys on the network in 2013-14, up from around 1.2bn in 2008-09. The amount of freight goods carried has increased from 102.7 million tonnes in 2008-09 to 116.6 million tonnes in 2013-14.

Predict and prevent in practice – Richard Price

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11 August 2014
Welcome to the new ORR blog. One of the privileges of being chief executive is that I get the first crack at writing a blog entry. I want to use this to give you a better insight into what people at ORR do and why - working across the industry to ensure an efficient, effective and safe railway for everyone.

Speeches & articles

6 December 2013
Speeches and articles provide an opportunity to keep in touch with our stakeholders and members of the public – and to ensure that our activities remain transparent and accountable. This will help to ensure that the sector understands what the regulator requires and continues to provide ever-improving value for customers, funders and taxpayers. Our five latest speeches and articles are shown below
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