Protecting rail passengers

Learn about our work to empower rail passengers.

Focusing on the performance of train companies and Network Rail in the consumer areas we regulate.

We approve train operator policies for disabled passengers, promote accessibility and aim to eliminate discrimination.

We ensure train companies provide accurate and timely information, particularly during disruption. We also investigate timetabling issues.

Our role is to set complaint handling procedures and monitor train and station operators against these.

Details of our research on ticket machine use. We are not the regulator for fares and have no role in relation to penalty fares.

The main consumer-facing conditions which we monitor and enforce are set out in this section.