Economic regulation

Measuring performance of England’s strategic roads: what users want

31 March 2017
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31 March 2017 This page contains details of joint research by ORR and Transport Focus into what road users want from England’s motorways and major A roads, and how they would like to see that measured and reported to help boost performance. In ORR’s approach to the second Road Investment Strategy which will span the period between 2020 and 2025, which was published in December 2016, we set our

A Tube Train in Leicestershire: An ORR Inspector calls

21 March 2017
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In the middle of storm Doris, ORR Inspector Peter Darling visited Network Rail’s Rail Innovation & Development Centre (RIDC) test track – usually known as Old Dalby test track – in Leicestershire.

A new perspective on tunnel vision

14 March 2017
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Daniel Brown, Director of Strategy and Policy, blogs about how we work with our French counterparts to regulate the Channel Tunnel.

Economic regulation

9 March 2017
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We regulate Network Rail, holding it to account for delivering high levels of performance and service, as well as good value for money – for passengers, the freight industry and taxpayers. We also regulate railway networks separate to the national network operated by Network Rail, including the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1, and we have a limited role in regulating the railway in Northern

Schedule 4 and 8 PR18 re-calibration working group

27 February 2017
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In our charges and incentives consultation, published in December 2016, we encouraged an industry-led approach to the re-calibration of Schedules 4 and 8 in PR18. To help start this process we hosted a series of regular meetings to agree with industry the approach for recalibrating each aspect of the regimes. There are separate passenger, freight and charter Recalibration Working Groups to account

UK rail industry financial information 2015-16

17 February 2017
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22 February 2017 The UK rail industry financial information for 2015-16 presents ORR’s analysis of this financial data. Since 2014-15 the publication has widened its coverage of the industry and made methodological and presentational changes. As a result, comparisons with the 2014-15 publication are to be read within that context. It is important to note that underlying data has not changed