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Updates on the programme to transfer rail services into public ownership and establish GBR as the body responsible for passenger services and infrastructure.
£1 billion investment in 29 new British-built battery-electric trains will deliver faster, more reliable journeys across the North, supporting 6,000 UK jobs and boosting capacity.
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,...
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 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...
From 20 September 2026, if a train is cancelled, passengers can get on another operator’s service and carry on their journey without paying again.
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...
Supporting the restoration of rail lines and the reopening of stations.
Network Rail owns, operates, maintains and develops Britain’s railway. Network Rail is responsible for ensuring that the railway is safe and reliable. The Network Rail is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport , supported by...
Government sets a new rail freight target to help businesses move more goods by rail, strengthen supply chains and support economic growth.
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