Rail

The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail shows safety performance in the Eastern region has been good as it continues to work towards improving the safety of its workforce. The region has also managed its infrastructure well with fewer failures on the network in the last year.

The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail’s performance shows the Southern region worked innovatively to carry out necessary maintenance and engineering works despite the challenges of the pandemic. The Southern region was Network Rail’s best performer overall against its company wide targets, which include metrics for operational delivery and asset performance.

WH Malcolm Limited, which runs one of the biggest freight depots in Britain, has been found guilty of failing to prevent unauthorised access to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal after an 11-year-old boy died.

The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) annual rail consumer report shows that it has worked constructively across industry to deliver improvements for passengers, particularly on refund rights and accessibility, despite the challenges of the past year. The regulator also sets out its focus for the coming year on locking in these improvements through monitoring and enforcing adherence to its

In this episode, the Rail and Road Pod visits the Rail Live exhibition at the ‎Quinton Rail Technology Centre in Warwickshire.

An Office of Rail and Road (ORR) passenger impact review, published today, shows that train operators affected by the cracks found in a component on the Hitachi 800 trains were still able to provide clear and consistent information to passengers during the disruption.

The Office of Rail and Road has today launched the process for determining the funding needed for Britain’s rail network from 2024-2029.

GB Railfreight and the Office of Rail and Road have honoured the last Royal Engineer officer to be appointed a HM Railway Inspector, Major John Poyntz, by naming a freight train after him.