Economic regulation
The Rail & Road Pod – Episode 4: Monitoring England's Roads
17 March 2021
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The official Office of Rail and Road podcast brings together a series of conversations to discuss issues impacting all aspects of Britain's railways and England's road network.
Highways England must boost transparency and data to drive performance across road network
22 February 2021
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Greater transparency and improved data will help drive better outcomes for road users.
ORR report shows differences in regional performance on Highways England roads
10 February 2021
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The Office of Rail and Road's monitoring of Highways England roads continued to show large differences in regional performance in 2019-20.
Enhancements independent reports
7 January 2021
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Network Rail's network licence includes a condition providing for independent experts (reporters) to be appointed by the network operator (Network Rail), to provide ORR with advice on different aspects of Network Rail’s performance.
ORR half year report shows good train performance by Network Rail in Covid-19
8 December 2020
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In the third and final part of its mid-year report on Network Rail, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) praises the company for making a positive contribution to keeping the railway open for business and running punctually, despite the challenges of the pandemic.
Regulator praises Network Rail’s Covid-19 response but raises concerns on capacity planning and approach to timetabling
4 December 2020
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has praised Network Rail’s response to Covid-19 but raised concerns over how Network Rail plans rail timetables for next year and in the longer term, and is requiring improvement by Network Rail on how rail capacity is allocated and access to the network is granted.
Fixed track access charge (FTAC) annual adjustment mechanism in control period 6
26 October 2020
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ORR has today confirmed that there will not be an annual adjustment to FTAC during the remainder of CP6.
Clearing the road for Highways England to deliver RIS2
21 August 2020
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Blog by Graham Richards, Director of Planning & Performance.
ORR Five Year Assessment: Highways England achieves targets but improvements must continue
21 July 2020
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Highways England has delivered the majority of its commitments and made good progress over the first road period but the programme set out for major improvements was too optimistic.