The legal framework for level crossings
10 October 2024
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Level crossings are an interface between the highway and railway, where the different parties involved have responsibilities.
Health and safety
Health and safety prosecutions
9 October 2024
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Details of ORR health and safety prosecutions resulting in conviction since 1 April 2006.
Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'A critical seven-year period in my career'
4 October 2024
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In the second of our blogs remembering the Ladbroke Grove rail tragedy on 5 October 1999, Ian Maxwell, Head of Train Control Systems at ORR, explains his role in helping revise the signal-sighting standard.
Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'This was an era-defining event'
3 October 2024
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ORR's Giles Turner recalls his experience attending the site of the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail collision, which claimed the lives of 31 people, with many hundreds injured, a few days after the accident.
Interoperability authorisations
2 October 2024
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Details of all the new, major, upgraded or renewed infrastructure or rolling stock projects we have authorised into service since 2019.
Review of the costs and benefits of safety interventions
27 September 2024
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As the joint safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railway, we are reviewing how costs and benefits are assessed for safety initiatives, and whether reasonable practicability is systematically tested by duty holders.
Severn Valley Railway fined £40,000 after painter suffers serious injuries in fall from height
13 September 2024
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Severn Valley Railway has been fined £40,000 after pleading guilty to offences under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator, Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
ORR signs off upgrades at Aberdare Station
9 September 2024
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised a significant expansion of Aberdare Station in South Wales as part of work to upgrade the Core Valley Lines.
Exclusions from mainline railway requirements
28 August 2024
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This page sets out what rail systems are excluded from the mainline railway requirements of the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (as amended) (ROGS).
Consultation on draft guidance for managing rail staff fatigue
21 August 2024
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Sought feedback on updated guidance for managing rail staff fatigue. The guidance does not introduce any new policy positions.