Economic regulation

Review of Outcome Frameworks in other Regulated Sectors

30 June 2016
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This page contains details of the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR’s) work in informing its input into the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) 2020/21-2024/25. A key aspect of ORR’s role as Highways Monitor is to provide advice to the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to draft Road Investment Strategies – and in particular, whether the Strategies set for Highways England are both

A safer, more efficient and better performing railway

Content archived on 25 November 2024

18 May 2016
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Rail passengers and freight customers need a safe, reliable and efficient railway. Our role is to support the rail industry to deliver this and to ensure that every pound of the public’s money is well spent.

Working paper 1: Implementing route-level regulation

5 May 2016
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Date published: 7 June 2016 On 18 May 2016, we published our initial consultation on the 2018 periodic review (PR18). This set out our proposal to regulate Network Rail at route-level, alongside a tailored approach to regulating Network Rail’s system operation functions. In support of developing the detailed policy framework for this, we published a working paper exploring how route level

Working papers 2 and 3: System operation

4 May 2016
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Date published: 7 June 2016 On 18 May 2016, we published our initial consultation on the 2018 periodic review (PR18). This set out our proposal to focus our regulation on Network Rail’s system operation functions and its devolved routes. In support of developing the detailed policy framework for system operation, we published two working papers: Working paper 2: This set out our initial views on