High Speed regulation
16 March 2018
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By Feras Alshaker, Head of Planning & Enhancements.
Economic regulation
Invitation to comment on Network Rail’s strategic business plans for CP6
6 March 2018
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Comments on Network Rail's strategic business plans (SBPs) for control period 6
Money, Money, Money: How ORR is changing how we measure Network Rail’s efficiency
12 February 2018
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By John Larkinson, Director of Railway Markets and Economics.
Rail Regulator sets out its intention to require rail companies to join a new rail ombudsman
8 February 2018
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today set out its intention to require all rail companies to participate in the rail ombudsman scheme currently being developed by the Rail Delivery Group in response to discussions led by the Department for Transport.
Periodic review 2019 (PR19) initial consultation for HS1 Limited
31 January 2018
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Consultation outcome Following careful review of the consultation responses, along with our continued engagement with stakeholders, we have developed the following approach document, which also sets out the process and timescales for our periodic review. ORR approach to PR19 Published 31 January 2018 Consultation responses We received 7 responses to our initial consultation from stakeholders. We
ORR's approach to PR19
31 January 2018
UK rail industry financial information 2016-17
17 January 2018
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18 January 2018 The UK rail industry financial information 2016-17 presents ORR’s analysis of the rail industry’s finances. Key findings include: £9.7bn of rail funding came from passenger fares, an increase of 1.1% from 2015-16. £3.4bn came from government funding (net), a decrease of 0.7% since 2015-16. Governments received £0.7bn net from train companies. This is because while companies
Working paper 7: Collaborative working on the rail network
24 November 2017
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In November 2017, we published working paper 7 . This discussed how incentives for collaborative working between train operators and Network Rail could be strengthened. Following its publication, we held a number of discussions with stakeholders to inform our thinking on this issue. We also received 12 responses to this working paper which are available here . We are grateful to all those who
Working paper 6: The volume incentive
24 November 2017
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Date published: 30 November 2017 Consultation closing date: 25 January 2018 Conclusions published: 24 May 2018 The volume incentive was designed to encourage Network Rail to make additional capacity available in response to unexpected demand from operators to use the network. In November 2017, we published Working Paper 6: The Volume Incentive . In the paper, we set out our views on the
Consultation on new guidance and changes to ORR's economic enforcement policy to reflect Northern Ireland regulations
10 November 2017
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The final guidance summarises the provisions of The Railways Infrastructure (Access Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (the NI Regulations) and explains the rights and responsibilities of service providers and railway undertakings with regards to access and charging. It also sets out ORR’s interpretation of key provisions, and the process for