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Financial ring-fence

20 April 2022
Condition 4 (financial ring-fence) of Network Rail's network licence includes a number of provisions.

Rail regulator publishes Class 800 series safety report

7 April 2022
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) – the economic and safety regulator of Britain’s railway – has made several recommendations from its review of how the rail industry responded to the potential safety issues leading to the withdrawal of Hitachi Rail’s Class 800 series trains in May last year.

Learning the lessons: ORR review into Hitachi Class 800 series and Class 385 cracking issue

7 April 2022
ORR immediately launched a review of both the passenger and safety impact following Hitachi Rail Class 800 series trains withdrawn from service for safety checks on Great Western Railway, London North Eastern Railway, TransPennine Express and Hull Trains, along with cracks being separately discovered after examination on ScotRail’s Class 385 and Southeastern’s Class 395 trains in May 2021.

Responses to RAIB reports 2013

6 April 2022
Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2013.

ORR finds light rail body supports safety improvements

28 March 2022
The Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) is adding value to the light rail and tramway sector and supporting continued improvements in managing safety, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has announced in a review published today.

Safety bodies

28 March 2022
As the safety and economic regulator of the rail industry and Highways England’s monitor, we work with the following safety bodies.

ORR launches prosecution over Sandilands tram crash

24 March 2022
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is prosecuting Transport for London, Tram Operations Limited and tram driver Alfred Dorris following a detailed and thorough investigation into the fatal Sandilands tram derailment in November 2016.

Terms and conditions

23 March 2022
This page (including the documents and pages it refers to) tells you the terms of use which you agree to when you use orr.gov.uk.

Publication scheme

23 March 2022
Our publication scheme specifies the categories of information that we publish and explains how to obtain that information.

High Speed Two (HS2)

18 March 2022
High Speed Two (HS2) is a project run by the Department for Transport (DfT).