The media

This section sets out our role in periodic reviews and in interim access charges reviews.

How we are informed when a serious incident occurs and how we work with other bodies in the railway to find out what has happened and why, and the range of our formal enforcement powers under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

An overview of railway licensing in Great Britain.

Our safety and economic functions are driven by legislation, and we are accountable to Parliament and the public.

We regulate access to station and light maintenance depots by approving new station and depot access agreements and approving amendments to existing station and depot access agreements.

How the Office of Rail and Road is funded.

The UK's economic regulators welcomed the Government's study to identify ways in which cross-sectoral approaches and collaboration across regulators could improve outcomes for consumers.