Publications
The ORR produces a large number of publications each year covering a wide range of subject matter. Many of these are consultation documents on a series of regulatory issues and decisions while others, for example, are issued in the form of reports, findings, notices or information papers.
To see the classes of information which ORR makes public and for relevant contact details, please view ORR's Publication Scheme which has been approved by the Information Commissioner.
The latest five documents published are shown below. Most of our documents are now only published on the Internet in PDF format. Previous documents, listed by year of publication can be accessed by the relevant related link.
Copies of licences, track access agreements, depot access agreements, freight facility agreements, facility exemptions, station access agreements, station agreements by operator, and approvals can be found in the public register section.
Responses to recent consultations can be accessed under the Consultation section. However, publications and, where relevant, the responses to them, can also be found under their relevant subject area.
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| 381 | 1 Oct 2008 |  The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (ROGS) - A guide to safety verification for heritage railways (1877 Kb)This guidance helps the heritage sector with the Safety verification (SV) requirements of ROGS. These requirements came into force on 1 October 2008 and bring this sector into line with all other sectors of the rail industry who have been applying SV since October 2006. The guide is primarily aimed at operators of heritage railways. It concentrates on the requirements in ROGS for controlling the risks arising from introducing new or altered vehicles or infrastructure. |
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| 380 | 1 Oct 2008 | The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (ROGS) - A guide to safety verification for tramways (238 Kb) This guidance helps the tramway sector with the Safety verification (SV) requirements of ROGS. These requirements came into force on 1 October 2008 and bring this sector into line with all other sectors of the rail industry who have been applying SV since October 2006. The guide is primarily aimed at operators/promoters of tramways. It concentrates on the requirements in ROGS for controlling the risks arising from introducing new or altered vehicles or infrastructure. |
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| 379 | 1 Oct 2008 | National Safety Authority (UK) Annual Safety Report to the European Rail Agency (ERA) for 2007 (1426 Kb) The Railway Safety Directive (2004/49/EC) lists a number of tasks for the National Safety Authorities (NSAs) in member states. These include, in Article 18, the requirement for the safety authority to publish an annual report about its activities in the preceding year, and to send this to the ERA by 30 September each year. This is the second annual safety report and covers the period 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007. |
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| 378 | 17 Sep 2008 | Annual assessment of Network Rail 2007-08 (1117 Kb) This is the fifth annual assessment and covers the financial year from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008. It follows monitoring and analysis by ORR of Network Rail’s performance throughout the year and covers health and safety; management of the condition of the network and its impact on train performance; progress with major investment projects; expenditure and efficiency; and forward planning and train operations. |
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| 377 | 28 Aug 2008 | National Rail Review - Q1 2008-09 (1514 Kb) ORR comments on a positive set of indicators which show that train punctuality has exceeded 90% - its best level for more than 10 years. But, the regulator also highlights that Network Rail will need to reduce by more than a third the disruption caused to passengers by engineering work. |
