Press releases

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will monitor the safety of Britain’s railways and how passengers are kept informed of disruptions during the forthcoming period of industrial action.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will allow the infrastructure manager of Phase One of High Speed 2 (HS2 Phase One) to levy an Investment Recovery Charge (IRC) on future rail users of the network, the regulator has announced today. The amount and nature of the charge will be subject to future assessment.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of HS1 Ltd highlights concerns over how the company is managing its asset renewals.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published four key documents dealing with future regulation of the GB rail network.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of Network Rail finds the company has continued to deliver its planned efficiencies in 2021/22 but warns it must carefully manage its financial risks, particularly in the context of rising inflation.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of Network Rail Scotland (April 2021 to March 2022) shows it has been a challenging year for the region with missed efficiency targets and mixed train service performance.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of Network Rail’s Eastern region finds that it delivered £251 million of efficiency improvements in the year (April 2021 to March 2022), which was ahead of its £232 million target.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of Network Rail’s North West and Central region finds that it was Network Rail’s top performing region for the year (April 2021 to March 2022), having retained much of the train performance gain achieved during the pandemic and having delivered its planned efficiencies.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of Network Rail’s Southern region (April 2021 to March 2022) finds that passenger train performance declined from the previous year’s peak, but it remained better than pre-pandemic levels.

The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail’s Wales and Western region has found that passenger train service performance declined considerably and raises concerns about the performance of the Wales route during the year (April 2021 to March 2022).