Health and safety

Impact of ROGS: 2026 post implementation review

11 April 2025

In 2025, ORR will be conducting the third post implementation review (PIR) of The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (ROGS).

Responses to RAIB reports 2024

4 April 2025

Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2024.

Responses to RAIB reports 2022

4 April 2025

Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2022.

Interoperability authorisations

25 March 2025

Details of all the new, major, upgraded or renewed infrastructure or rolling stock projects we have authorised into service since 2019.

Health and safety prosecutions

18 March 2025

Details of ORR health and safety prosecutions resulting in conviction since 1 April 2006.

Assessing the costs and benefits of health and safety interventions in rail

17 March 2025

As the combined safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railway, we reviewed how costs and benefits are assessed for safety initiatives, and whether reasonable practicability is systematically tested by dutyholders.

Rail Regulator sets out key recommendations for assessing costs and benefits of health and safety interventions

17 March 2025

The regulator has today published 10 recommendations to help improve how the rail industry makes health and safety interventions effectively and efficiently on the rail network.

Annual assessment of safety performance on the strategic road network

13 March 2025

This content and related publications refer to our annual assessment of safety on the strategic road network.

ORR authorises new Newsham station ahead of opening to public

10 March 2025

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised the new Newsham railway station ahead of its expected public opening on 17 March. The new station will provide improved connectivity as part of the Northumberland Line project.

Network Rail fined £3.41m following death of Surbiton track worker

27 February 2025

Network Rail has today been fined £3.41m and ordered to pay costs of £43,096.39 after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). 

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