Rail operators

Network Rail regulation

18 July 2025
We regulate Network Rail’s stewardship of the rail network: for funders, train companies and their passengers, freight operators and their customers and taxpayers.

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

17 July 2025
• 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.
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