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Monitoring reporting guidelines for Highways England and template statements

28 May 2020
Our updated Monitoring reporting guidelines for Road Period 2 (2020/21 – 2024/25) set out the information that Highways England is required to provide to us through performance monitoring templates, which once completed by Highways England, become annual performance reporting statements.

Ability to charge an Investment Recovery Charge (IRC) for HS2

22 May 2020
We have engaged with DfT on the prospect of charging an Investment Recovery Charge (IRC) on train operating companies running services on HS2. This is our exchange of letters with DfT on the principles of charging an IRC.

Board effectiveness review report 2020

20 May 2020
Campbell Tickell (CT) was appointed in November 2019 to conduct a Board effectiveness review. This document brings together all of the findings from the review.

Market study into the supply of signalling systems

13 May 2020
Given the impact of the current COVID-19 crisis, we have taken the decision to close the market study at this time. This will allow industry to focus on operational and safety issues during these challenging times.

Updating the model freight services track access contract for the CVL interface

27 April 2020
We are making changes to the model track access contract to reflect new arrangements concerning access arrangements for the Core Valleys Lines (CVL). These are particularly relevant for those who wish to operate freight trains between the CVL and Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd’s (Network Rail’s) network.

Our strategic risk chapters

31 March 2020
To help prioritise ours and the industry’s strategic focus we issue chapters, which we update as part of a rolling process, focused on the key risks from across the sector and based on incident data, risk trend analysis and the findings from our inspections, investigations and audits.

Schedule 8 overlay agreements

18 March 2020
Letter to stakeholders summarising ORR's views regarding Schedule 8 'overlay' agreements.

Experiences of Passenger Assist research report 2018-19

29 January 2020
We commissioned research from Breaking Blue to support our ongoing compliance monitoring of Passenger Assist by individual train companies and build on the wider body of evidence about how well Passenger Assist is meeting user needs and expectations, the results of which are set out in this report.