Press releases

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today appointed Peter Antolik as director to lead the regulator's monitoring function for England's strategic road network.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today published its latest rail industry financial report, which shows the impact of growth in passenger journeys on the industry's income and expenditure over the past four years.

The rail industry must place passengers at the heart of enhanced contingency planning for overrunning engineering works, the rail regulator today concluded following its investigation into overruns at King's Cross and Paddington in December 2014.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today appointed Peter Antolik as director to lead the regulator's monitoring function for England's strategic road network.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is today urging all passengers who have been affected by significant travel disruption to claim the compensation they are entitled to.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today published the latest Network Rail performance data and analysis for Scotland covering April-October 2014.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today published the latest Network Rail performance data and analysis covering April-October 2014.

Former First Capital Connect train driver, Scott Walford, has received a three-month suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay costs of £500, after he ignored warnings and safety systems on the Cambridge to London train he was driving – placing passengers and staff on board in great danger. On 7 November, Mr Walford pleaded guilty following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail

BAM Nuttall Ltd has been fined £140,000 and ordered to pay costs of £42,700 following a prosecution by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The company pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law in December 2010, during the replacement of a South London railway bridge, and causing a construction worker to suffer life changing injuries.

Office Of Rail Regulation's statement relating to our approval of Virgin Train's track access contract agreement to extend some rail services from London to both Shrewsbury and Blackpool, from December 2014.