The media

Each year we assess National Highways’ performance against a range of government set targets that it should deliver over the second road period (RP2, which runs from 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025).

We explain what factors influence changes in the average age of rolling stock.

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.

In the five years between April 2019 to 31 March 2024, Control Period 6, Network Rail spent £67.4 billion (2023-24 prices), to operate, maintain, renew and enhance the national rail infrastructure in Great Britain.

ORR has proposed lower charges for passenger trains which use the High Speed 1 line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, and halving charges to freight, in its Draft Determination of HS1 Ltd’s spending plans, published today.

A comprehensive plan to address the underlying issues causing poor train reliability and punctuality in Wales & Western England, including some of the UK’s busiest train routes into and out of London Paddington, has been accepted by The Office of Rail and Road (ORR).