Rail

Cyber-attacks pose an increasing threat to the safety of infrastructure in Great Britain. The rail industry is no exception.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will monitor the safety of Britain’s railways and how passengers are kept informed of disruptions during the forthcoming period of industrial action.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will allow the infrastructure manager of Phase One of High Speed 2 (HS2 Phase One) to levy an Investment Recovery Charge (IRC) on future rail users of the network, the regulator has announced today. The amount and nature of the charge will be subject to future assessment.

Next in our series of legal blogs, we’re taking a look at our role in enforcing competition legislation.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual assessment of HS1 Ltd highlights concerns over how the company is managing its asset renewals.

The ‘Railway Work, Life & Death project’ takes a look back at casualties to British and Irish railway staff before 1939.