Rail

Statement on ORR Chair

4 January 2018
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ORR Chair Stephen Glaister has agreed to a request from the Secretary of State to continue in role for a further 12 months, to the end of 2018.

Fitness for work

12 December 2017
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This guidance aims to bring together the key legal requirements associated with the management of fitness in the workplace.

Consultation on application for consent to obtain recovery of costs incurred in operation of the Heathrow rail infrastructure

1 December 2017
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Date published: 1 December 2017 Closing date: 8 January 2018 Consultation outcome Consent to obtain recovery of costs incurred in operation of the Heathrow Rail Infrastructure - Decision letter Published 21 May 2018 Responses to this consultation Published 16 July 2018 Consultation Heathrow Airport Limited has applied for ORR’s approval to levy a mark-up in order to obtain recovery of costs

Working paper 7: Collaborative working on the rail network

24 November 2017
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In November 2017, we published working paper 7. This discussed how incentives for collaborative working between train operators and Network Rail could be strengthened. Following its publication, we held a number of discussions with stakeholders to inform our thinking on this issue. We also received 12 responses to this working paper which are available here. We are grateful to all those who

Working paper 6: The volume incentive

24 November 2017
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Date published: 30 November 2017 Consultation closing date: 25 January 2018 Conclusions published: 24 May 2018 The volume incentive was designed to encourage Network Rail to make additional capacity available in response to unexpected demand from operators to use the network. In November 2017, we published Working Paper 6: The Volume Incentive. In the paper, we set out our views on the