Our annual reviews of health and safety, Network Rail and our work for passengers.
We've set out our annual assessments of Britain's rail industry for 2025 to 2026 and priorities for the year ahead.
A Year in Rail and Track Ahead event
We welcomed leaders from across the industry to our A Year in Rail and Track Ahead event on 14 July 2026.
Key insights from the reports
Network Rail performance, finances and efficiency
Passenger journeys continued to grow, with 1.83 billion journeys made on Great Britain’s rail network between April 2025 and March 2026, the highest number for more than a century.
Network Rail delivered £614 million of efficiencies in Year 2 of CP7, exceeding its forecast by £25 million. This builds on the £325 million delivered in Year 1, which was also ahead of target.
Read the news release for the annual assessment of Network Rail.
Health and safety
Richard Hines, HM chief inspector of railways: "A healthy and safe railway is not created by systems alone. It is built every day through the judgement, decisions, and actions of those who design, operate, and maintain it."
Read the news release for the annual health and safety report.
Consumer and accessibility
Rail services enable people to get to work, enjoy their leisure time, and access health, education and other services. For every journey, we want all travellers to feel confident about the experience they can expect. This report highlights our key interventions to protect passengers during 2025 to 2026 and our forward plan.
Read the annual rail consumer report.
