Press releases

Railway infrastructure company, VolkerRail Ltd. has been fined £550,000 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 after an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

London’s Elizabeth line has received its final authorisations of its trains, stations, and infrastructure from the rail regulator ahead of its opening on Tuesday 24 May.

Network Rail has been fined £1.4 million for a health and safety breach after an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road. ORR found failings that led to a worker being crushed between the conveyor of a 25 tonne ‘Superboss’ ballast distributor (see image) and Kubota people carrier.

As the country recovers from the operational and financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched its business plan for 2022/23, explaining how it will ramp up holding Network Rail and National Highways to account.

National Highways must provide high quality, detailed plans for how it will operate, maintain, and improve the Strategic Road Network between 2025 and 2030, says its independent monitor the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

Following an Office of Rail and Road (ORR) study on the state of the railway signalling market, the rail regulator has today published Network Rail’s response to increase competitiveness and lower costs in the market.

Will Godfrey has been appointed as the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) new Director of Economics, Finance and Markets, the rail regulator announced today (19 April 2022).

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has set out its view on actions needed for the West Coast Main Line (WCML) and East Coast Main Line (ECML) after their major timetable projects reached crucial decision-making points.

As part of its continued commitment to improving level crossing safety, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today introduced new guidance to allow for improvements at crossings to be made without the need to be approved by a new level crossing order.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) – the economic and safety regulator of Britain’s railway – has made several recommendations from its review of how the rail industry responded to the potential safety issues leading to the withdrawal of Hitachi Rail’s Class 800 series trains in May last year.