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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railways and monitor of National Highways. It is responsible for ensuring that railway operators comply with health and safety law. It regulates Network Rail’s...
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railways. It is responsible for ensuring that railway operators comply with health and safety law. It regulates Network Rail’s activities and funding requirements, regulates access...
An overview of the changes made to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (ROGS) that came into force on 1 January 2021.
The Railway Heritage Committee (RHC) identifies and designates railway records and artefacts which are historically significant and should be permanently preserved and finds them a suitable home. The Committee is due to be abolished in 2013 with its designation powers...
An overview of the changes made to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 that came into force on 1 January 2021.
Network Rail owns, operates, maintains and develops Britain’s railway. Network Rail is responsible for ensuring that the railway is safe and reliable. Network Rail is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport .
The East West Railway Company is a non-departmental public arm’s length body set up by the government to accelerate the East West Rail project – a new rail link between Cambridge and Oxford. EWRC is an executive non-departmental public body,...
Explains what the railway byelaws are, why they have been made and how they can be enforced and interpreted.
Directly Operated Railways Limited (DOR) was the operator of East Coast Rail until it was re-franchised to Virgin Trains East Coast. DOR is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport .
Supporting the restoration of rail lines and the reopening of stations.
Rail interoperability and standards documentation and information.
Draft bill sets out blueprint for bringing track and train together under a new Great British Railways, leveraging private sector innovation to benefit customers.
The root and branch review of Britain’s railway, independently chaired by Keith Williams.
Thousands of opportunities could open up for young people, securing the skills we need to improve our railways in the long term.
What the Secretary of State for Transport wants the railway to achieve during control period 7 (2024 to 2029).
Contract documents for passenger railway services in England and details of how to request contract information.
London and Continental Railways Ltd ( LCR ) is wholly owned by the Department of Transport and specialises in the management, development and disposal of property assets within a railway context and, in particular, property assets associated with major infrastructure...
Setting the direction for the rail industry on environment issues and informing the sustainable rail strategy.
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