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Office of Rail and Road update - December 2016

15 December 2016

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Joanna WhittingtonAs regulator we look ahead and support future improvements to the railways for passengers and freight customers. The Secretary of State for Transport’s announcement last week detailed closer working for new franchises between Network Rail and the Train Operating Companies. We will discuss with government and industry how regulation can best support this.

My recent speech at the Future of Rail conference stressed the importance of creating the right incentives on Network Rail to deliver a better service. I also talked about the opportunity for NR to be closer to – and understand better – the needs of its customers through operational devolution. ORR now has dedicated route leads to support this. We are looking to carry out route by route monitoring in the future. You can read the full text of my address.

For many working in the transport industry Christmas is very busy as big maintenance and engineering works are carried out across our road and rail network. Thank you to those working over the festive period and best wishes to everyone for 2017.

Joanna Whittington
Chief Executive

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