Rail operators

This page provides sources of further guidance on managing work-related stress, including the business case for better stress management.

This page provides examples of how rail companies can learn from others, including links to good practice case studies on managing work-related stress both from within and outside the rail industry.

Information on what rail employers need to do to adopt an organisational approach to preventing work-related stress.

Details of improvement notices and prohibition notices served by our inspectors, and details of prosecutions in England and Wales taken by inspectors and the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland.

Information on health and safety enforcement penalties

If a railway operator wants to access the railway network, it must apply to us for a track access agreement with Network Rail.

Case studies that show examples of good practice in managing railway workers' health are set out below.

Our position on managing work-related stress in the rail industry, highlighting the costs as well as the business benefits of preventing stress before harm occurs.

Information is provided for employers and employees on health in the work place generally, specific health issues, healthy lifestyles and managing health risks

ORR has powers of investigation and enforcement to ensure that railway operators are controlling risks posed by infrastructure and railway vehicles.