Health and safety

ORR authorises significant upgrades to Newquay station

3 September 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised significant upgrades to Newquay station in Cornwall. The station’s second platform has been reintroduced, and the project is part of a wider scheme to allow coast-to-coast services to operate, including the introduction of a new train passing loop at Goss Moor, and the upgrading or removal of level crossings along the line.

Health and safety by design

1 September 2025
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Health and safety by design aims to eliminate or reduce risks through identifying potential risks at the design stage and taking steps to reduce or eliminate them.

Interoperability authorisations

21 July 2025
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Details of all the new, major, upgraded or renewed infrastructure or rolling stock projects we have authorised into service since 2019.

ORR: Network Rail delivering efficiently, but cost pressures remain and industry must keep focus on safety throughout rail reform

17 July 2025
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• Industry must retain a relentless focus on safety throughout rail reform. • Financial constraints on Network Rail require careful management in the coming years. • Network Rail is taking action where train performance needs to improve. Passenger train punctuality is largely stable, but cancellations have reached record highs, with train operator cancellations the dominant factor.

Responses to RAIB reports 2025

5 June 2025
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Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2025.

Our strategic risk chapters

30 May 2025
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To help prioritise ours and the industry’s strategic focus we issue chapters, which we update as part of a rolling process, focused on the key risks from across the sector and based on incident data, risk trend analysis and the findings from our inspections, investigations and audits.

Mainline certificates

27 May 2025
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ROGS safety certificates and authorisations issued by us for mainline operators.