Press releases

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today concluded its review of the rail retail market, which focused on how tickets are sold to passengers.

As announced by the Department for Transport, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has appointed three new non-executive directors to join the board of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the independent body which regulates Britain’s railways and monitors Highways England.

Network Rail has been fined £4million for breaches of health and safety law which led to a fatality at Gipsy Lane pedestrian level crossing near Needham Market, Suffolk, in 2011.

Network Rail has been fined £70,000 for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice issued by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). The Improvement Notice required electrical cabinets on the railway to be made safe, reducing the risk of passengers and other members of the public being exposed to live 650V electrical equipment.

Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today released its annual report on HS1 Ltd for the period 2015-16. HS1 Ltd has a 30-year concession to operate and maintain the railway between St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel.

Britain’s railways are the safest they have ever been, but there is still room for improvement.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published its first annual performance assessment of Highways England, the government-owned company responsible for England’s strategic road network.

Network Rail had a good year on safety in 2015-16. There has been good progress improving infrastructure reliability, but this has not yet translated into better performance for passengers, and there are cost and delivery issues on some enhancement projects which need to be addressed‎.

Network Rail had a good year on safety in 2015-16. There has been good progress in improving its infrastructure, but this cost more than expected and has yet to deliver improvements in performance across the network as a whole.

Train operator West Coast Railway Company Limited (WCRC) has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £64,000. This follows a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for breaches of health and safety laws which led to a train passing a signal at danger near Wootton Bassett on 7 March 2015.