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Improving access to Britain’s railways

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16 January 2015
Tomorrow (17 January 2015) is Disabled Access Day. The day is all about people getting out and about and visiting new places – and it provides a good opportunity to highlight ORR's current work with passengers, the rail industry and developers to help improve rail services for disabled passengers.

Keeping our railways running safely this winter

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11 December 2014
ORR chief executive Richard Price explains what the regulator is doing over the winter period to ensure minimal disruptions to passengers.

Occupational health strategy and progress

5 November 2014
ORR's Closing the Gap on Health report provides a comprehensive review of rail industry progress in managing occupational health by the end of our 2014-19 health programme. We have used this evidence-based review to identify our strategic priorities on health for the coming years in a revised occupational health chapter. We also have five position papers on the key health risks in the railway

Making our railways safer

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12 September 2014
As director of health and safety and HM chief inspector of railways, I lead a team of inspectors who spend most of their time out and about on the railways. We work with Network Rail, train operators and others from across the industry to help make Britain's railways safer whether you are travelling or working on them. Inspectors have been doing this for quite a while – 175 years next year.

Predict and prevent in practice – Richard Price

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11 August 2014
Welcome to the new ORR blog. One of the privileges of being chief executive is that I get the first crack at writing a blog entry. I want to use this to give you a better insight into what people at ORR do and why - working across the industry to ensure an efficient, effective and safe railway for everyone.
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