Rail

New streamlined guidance for third party rail investment

24 October 2025
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Rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), today published new streamlined guidance for rail investors, to make it easier for third party investment to take place in rail infrastructure, contributing to economic growth.

The Investment Framework

24 October 2025
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Our investment framework provides a means for infrastructure projects to be approved, specified and delivered outside of the periodic review process.

Complaints and compensation

23 October 2025
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Our role is to monitor train and station operators’ compliance with their complaints handling procedures and to set out requirements on what these procedures should contain.

Determined appeals under Network Rail's Network Code

10 October 2025
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Under Part M of Network Rail's Network Code, a party can appeal to ORR against any determination made by the relevant panel of the Access Disputes Committee which it considers to be wrong or unjust because of a serious procedural or other irregularity.