Level crossing orders
16 August 2024
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Our guidance provides information and advice on level crossing orders and the process for making them.
Rail operators
Rail regulator publishes updated staff fatigue guidance
15 August 2024
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Fatigue at work is a pervasive issue responsible for rail accidents, including the tragedy at Clapham Junction in 1988.
Our role in relation to station and train crowding
9 August 2024
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Crowding on trains and at stations is common and we need to make sure railway companies protect passengers from any health and safety risks when it happens.
‘Evolution, not revolution for rail health and safety’
6 August 2024
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In ORR's latest Annual Rail Health and Safety report, Richard Hines, the new HM Chief Inspector of Railways, says the industry cannot afford to be complacent when faced with the effects of climate change, an increased reliance on maintaining existing infrastructure rather than replacement, and a period of significant change through reform.
Passenger information licence conditions
1 August 2024
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Passenger train and station operators have information obligations in their licences.
Annual reports on HS1 Ltd
30 July 2024
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The annual reports which we have produced on High Speed 1 (HS1) Ltd’s performance.
Office of Rail and Road July 2024 newsletter
18 July 2024
Register of Authorised Types of railway Vehicles
16 July 2024
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This page lists vehicles registered on the UK Register of Authorised Types of railway Vehicles (the UK Register), kept by ORR.
Annual assessments of Network Rail
12 July 2024
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These documents are part of how we hold Network Rail to account.
ORR research into accessibility
11 July 2024
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We regularly commission research, working with expert agencies and the rail industry to gather feedback on passengers' experiences of accessibility, and assisted travel services.