Rail operators

We actively encourage and support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and third sector organisations to compete for our contracts.

To ensure value for money, our procurement activities are subject to different levels of competition based on the value of the expenditure.

Although the UK has now left the EU, most legislation emanating from the rail packages continues to be in force subject to amendments introduced by "EU exit" regulations. This is referred to as "retained EU law" in the EU Withdrawal Act.

Network Rail is required to deliver obligations under its network licence, and these are monitored and enforced by us.

We hold network rail to account for delivering what it promised – at the amount it agreed to do it for – and we require it to meet its obligation to provide a safe, high-performing, and efficient railway.

Advice on what railway industry occupational health diseases that must be reported to us under RIDDOR can be found on this page.

This page contains a list of fatalities, serious injuries and serious dangerous occurrences that need to be notified to us by telephone.