ORR authorises new Beaulieu Park station ahead of opening
16 October 2025
Rail professionals
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.
Risk Management Maturity Model (RM3)
6 October 2025
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Helping the rail industry to achieve health and safety excellence.
Great Western Railway fined £1m following fatal 2018 droplight window incident
3 October 2025
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Great Western Railway (GWR) has today been fined £1 million and ordered to pay more than £78,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law, following an investigation and prosecution by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
Proposed amendments to the model charter track access contract
1 October 2025
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Sought feedback on proposed amendments to the model charter track access contract to allow services to run between the Core Valleys Lines and Network Rail’s network.
Office of Rail and Road October 2025 newsletter
30 September 2025
Equality Information and Objectives 2025
25 September 2025
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Information on the work we are currently doing in this area and our objectives for the period 2024-2028.
ORR welcomes industry progress on improving cost effective rail safety decisions
18 September 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today welcomed the progress made by industry towards the recommendations it set out as part of joint work with the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and Network Rail to improve health and safety decision making.
Closures
16 September 2025
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The Railways Act 2005 sets out statutory procedures concerning proposals for the closure of passenger services, passenger networks and stations.
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.