Press releases

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.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) today welcomes the commitment of the rail industry to improve passenger information during disruption and sets out what it expects to see in a new action plan to be published in November.

Balfour Beatty Rail Projects Ltd has today been fined £350,000 and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 following a prosecution by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The company has been found guilty of breaching health and safety law, and causing a rail worker to suffer serious burns after coming into contact with the 25000 volt overhead lines near Cricklewood in March 2011.

The Office of Rail Regulation's (ORR) annual safety report published today warns the industry of safety challenges in managing record levels of rail traffic and calls for better infrastructure management. Britain's railways remain amongst the safest in Europe, however latest data highlights an increase in track workers coming to harm and safety incidents on platforms, such as when passengers get

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today concluded its assessment of Network Rail's performance against funded obligations between 2009 and 2014 for Scotland, England and Wales. ORR highlights enhancements and growth in Britain's railways, as well as shortfalls in performance for passengers which require the company to return £53.1m to funders and improve the resilience of the network.

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today concluded its assessment of Network Rail's performance against funded obligations between 2009 and 2014. ORR highlights enhancements and growth in Britain's railways, as well as shortfalls in performance for passengers which require Network Rail to return £53.1m to funders and improve the resilience of the network.

Network Rail will be open to greater public scrutiny as it delivers the multi-billion pound plan for a better railway between 2014 and 2019, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) outlined today.

Discounted rail tickets, such as those bought in advance of travel, accounted for £3bn in revenue and over 40% of all income from passenger fares in 2012-13, according to new data published today by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).