Press releases

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today started criminal proceedings against train operator West Coast Railway Company Limited (WCRC) and one of its drivers. The charges relate to breaches of Health and Safety Law which led to a train passing a signal warning at danger on 7 March 2015.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today set out its approach to economic enforcement to reflect its new role on monitoring Highways England as well as reclassification of Network Rail as a public sector company.

A report published today by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) concludes that the new body responsible for England’s strategic road network, Highways England, has made a good start in its first six months of operation.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Network Rail have agreed a new £4.1m ‘Rail Reparation Fund’ to directly benefit passengers affected by poor performance on Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express services, in particular those travelling through London Bridge station.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published a statement in response to Nicola Shaw’s scoping document on the structure and funding of Network Rail.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published details of how Highways England will be held to account for delivering more than £11bn of investment in England's motorways and main A roads over the next five years.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has issued new guidance on complaints handling procedures (CHPs) for the rail industry.

Network Rail is taking action to improve planning and delivery of rail enhancements, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) concluded today. This follows the regulator's investigation into the company's delivery of a multi-billion pound enhancement programme on Britain's railways.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today published its findings and analysis from an investigation into Network Rail's performance delivery to Southern, Govia Thameslink (GTR) and in Scotland in 2014-15, which found that Network Rail breached its licence.

A qualified train driver, Andrew McKenna, was fined £2000 by the Birmingham Magistrates Court today and ordered to pay costs of £1,581.87 for failing to follow safety rules while driving a locomotive in April 2012 on the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Mr McKenna has pleaded guilty to a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for a breach of health and safety law.