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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.
Explains what the railway byelaws are, why they have been made and how they can be enforced and interpreted.
Updates on the programme to transfer rail services into public ownership and establish GBR as the body responsible for passenger services and infrastructure.
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,...
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...
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...
Supporting the restoration of rail lines and the reopening of stations.
The Department for Transport's response to the consultation on the Railways Bill.
With fares frozen, a bold new look and fundamental reforms becoming law, government is building a railway Britain can rely on and be proud of.
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