Economic regulation

ORR approves £4.6bn plan to deliver a safe and customer focused railway for Scotland

31 October 2023

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today set out its final determination of Network Rail Scotland’s £4.6bn plan to deliver a safe and customer focussed railway in the five years from April 2024, known as Control Period 7 (CP7).

Periodic review 2023 of Network Rail: final determination

31 October 2023

Our final determination follows our consultation on the PR23 draft determination. We consulted on our draft determination from 15 June to 31 August 2023.

Periodic review 2023: draft determination

31 October 2023

Consultation on our assessment of Network Rail’s plans with respect to its operation, support, maintenance and renewal of the national rail network in control period 7.

PR23 further consultation on open access airport services

31 October 2023

Consultation related to our 2023 periodic review (PR23) of Network Rail’s access charges.

Consultation on updating the holding Network Rail to account policy for CP7

31 October 2023

This consultation seeks feedback on updating the Holding Network Rail to Account policy for control period 7.

PR23 financial framework consultation

31 October 2023

This consultation seeks views about our financial framework for Network Rail in control period 7 (CP7).

Review of the Schedule 4 possessions regime and Schedule 8 train performance regime

31 October 2023

In this consultation, part of ORR’s periodic review 2023 (PR23) programme, we presented preferred options for Network Rail’s possessions and train performance regimes.

Network Rail’s enhancements

10 October 2023

We monitor Network Rail’s planning and delivery of enhancements (large scale projects delivering new infrastructure capabilities).

The importance of stakeholder engagement: ORR's assessment of Network Rail

21 September 2023

Good stakeholder engagement - the practice of talking to, listening to, and working with those involved in, or affected by, an organisation's activities - is essential, especially for an organisation like Network Rail which is tasked with maintaining Britain's railways infrastructure.

Network Rail exceeded efficiency target but wider financial performance suffered

19 September 2023

Today, we’ve published our April 2022 to March 2023 Annual Efficiency and Finance Assessment of Network Rail.

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