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HS1 performing on target: ORR’s Annual Report on HS1 Ltd released today

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29 July 2016

Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today released its annual report on HS1 Ltd for the period 2015-16. HS1 Ltd has a 30-year concession to operate and maintain the railway between St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel.

ORR’s annual assessment of railway health and safety: Safest in Europe, but consistency of implementation needs to improve

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18 July 2016

Britain’s railways are the safest they have ever been, but there is still room for improvement.

ORR’s first annual assessment of Highways England: Good start to delivery but future planning needs focus

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14 July 2016

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published its first annual performance assessment of Highways England, the government-owned company responsible for England’s strategic road network.

ORR’s annual assessment of Network Rail in Scotland: Good on safety but network performance needs to improve

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4 July 2016

Network Rail had a good year on safety in 2015-16. There has been good progress improving infrastructure reliability, but this has not yet translated into better performance for passengers, and there are cost and delivery issues on some enhancement projects which need to be addressed‎.

ORR’s annual assessment of Network Rail: Good on safety but network performance needs to improve

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4 July 2016

Network Rail had a good year on safety in 2015-16. There has been good progress in improving its infrastructure, but this cost more than expected and has yet to deliver improvements in performance across the network as a whole.

Train operator fined for safety failings

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27 June 2016

Train operator West Coast Railway Company Limited (WCRC) has been fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £64,000. This follows a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for breaches of health and safety laws which led to a train passing a signal at danger near Wootton Bassett on 7 March 2015.

ORR starts quinquennial review of RSSB

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10 June 2016

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has this week been invited to begin a review of the RSSB, an exercise that takes place every five years.

Regulator reports on rail companies’ work for passengers

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1 June 2016

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today reported for the first time on how the rail industry is meeting its obligations to provide accurate and timely information, help disabled passengers, manage complaints and comply with consumer law.

Rail regulator approves future new passenger services on the East Coast Main Line

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11 May 2016

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today announced it has approved applications from Virgin Trains East Coast and FirstGroup for new train services travelling on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London and Edinburgh.

ORR lifts Prohibition Notice on West Coast Railways

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23 March 2016

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today lifted the Prohibition Notice on the West Coast Railway Company (WCRC) which we served on 17 February 2016.

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