Health and safety prosecutions
9 October 2024
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Details of ORR health and safety prosecutions resulting in conviction since 1 April 2006.
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Northern Ireland regulation
4 October 2024
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Information on ORR roles in Northern Ireland
Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'A critical seven-year period in my career'
4 October 2024
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In the second of our blogs remembering the Ladbroke Grove rail tragedy on 5 October 1999, Ian Maxwell, Head of Train Control Systems at ORR, explains his role in helping revise the signal-sighting standard.
Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'This was an era-defining event'
3 October 2024
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ORR's Giles Turner recalls his experience attending the site of the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail collision, which claimed the lives of 31 people, with many hundreds injured, a few days after the accident.
Passenger operators: 2024 and 2025 competing track access applications
2 October 2024
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All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.
Getting value for money on the £67bn spent on Britain’s railway infrastructure
1 October 2024
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In the five years between April 2019 to 31 March 2024, Control Period 6, Network Rail spent £67.4 billion (2023-24 prices), to operate, maintain, renew and enhance the national rail infrastructure in Great Britain.
Regulator to cut charges passenger and freight trains pay to use HS1
30 September 2024
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ORR has proposed lower charges for passenger trains which use the High Speed 1 line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, and halving charges to freight, in its Draft Determination of HS1 Ltd’s spending plans, published today.
Periodic review of HS1 Ltd 2024 (PR24)
30 September 2024
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This page includes information about the 2024 periodic review of HS1 Ltd (PR24) and will be updated as the review progresses.
Review of the costs and benefits of safety interventions
27 September 2024
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As the joint safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railway, we are reviewing how costs and benefits are assessed for safety initiatives, and whether reasonable practicability is systematically tested by duty holders.
Improved reliability for rail passengers in Wales and Western England following regulator intervention
26 September 2024
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A comprehensive plan to address the underlying issues causing poor train reliability and punctuality in Wales & Western England, including some of the UK’s busiest train routes into and out of London Paddington, has been accepted by The Office of Rail and Road (ORR).