Press releases

Statement from Ian Prosser, Director of railway safety, Office of Rail and Road (ORR) supporting International Level Crossing Awareness Day.

Statement from Ian Prosser, Director of railway safety, Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on our decision to issue an improvement notice West Coast Railway Company.

Train operator London & Birmingham Railway Limited (London Midland) and construction company JSS Rail Limited (Sisk Rail) have today been fined a total of £25,000 and ordered to pay costs of £19,629.80 following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR- under the name of the Office of Rail Regulation).

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today launched a public consultation setting out its proposed approach to a new monitoring regime to track Highways England's performance in delivering its major roads investment programme.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has welcomed the rail industry's commitment to a new code of practice on providing clear and transparent ticket information to passengers, to help them make the right choices.

The Office of Rail Regulation will change its name to the Office of Rail and Road to reflect new responsibilities for monitoring the efficiency and performance of England's strategic road network from 1 April 2015, Roads Minister John Hayes announced in a speech yesterday.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today appointed Peter Antolik as director to lead the regulator's monitoring function for England's strategic road network.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today published its latest rail industry financial report, which shows the impact of growth in passenger journeys on the industry's income and expenditure over the past four years.

The rail industry must place passengers at the heart of enhanced contingency planning for overrunning engineering works, the rail regulator today concluded following its investigation into overruns at King's Cross and Paddington in December 2014.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today appointed Peter Antolik as director to lead the regulator's monitoring function for England's strategic road network.