Office of Rail and Road

  • Government funding to railways at almost double pre-Covid levels

    Government funding to railways at almost double pre-Covid levels

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    Government funding to run Britain’s railways remains nearly double pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.

  • Britain’s most and least-used railway stations revealed

    Britain’s most and least-used railway stations revealed

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    The most used station served over 40 million passengers. The least used only recorded 40.

  • Train cancellations hit record high

    Train cancellations hit record high

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    Train reliability in Britain reached the worst level on record after another month of disruption.

  • Network Rail warned over increase in delays

    Network Rail warned over increase in delays

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    The decline in train performance has accelerated in recent months, new figures show.

  • Progress made on improving rail performance but ‘final push’ needed

    Progress made on improving rail performance but ‘final push’ needed

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    Network Rail has made progress on issues which led to poor train performance in the North West and Central region of the network last year, the industry’s regulator has said.

  • Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

    Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

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    Just 42 passengers used the isolated station between April 2019 and March 2020.

  • Construction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable

    Construction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable

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    A FIVE per cent increase in construction traffic took the sector to its highest quarterly volume in the first three months of 2019/20, according to new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).  The movement of construction materials, fuelled by high levels of property development in London and the south-east of England, reached…

  • TransPennine accepts first Hitachi-built ‘Nova 1’ set

    TransPennine accepts first Hitachi-built ‘Nova 1’ set

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    TRANSPENNINE Express has accepted the first Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode train into its fleet. Dubbed ‘Nova 1’, TPE received the set following approval from the Office of Rail and Road.  TPE has ordered 19 five-carriage ‘Nova 1’ trains, each containing 342 seats, an extra 161 compared to its current Class 185 trains.  They will be…

  • Green light for TransPennine Class 802s

    Green light for TransPennine Class 802s

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    THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given authorisation for TransPennine Express to introduce Hitachi Class 802/2 bi-mode units. TPE has ordered 19 five-car trains, and the ORR approval covers operation in both five- and 10-car formations at 125mph, even though their design speed is 140mph.  However, the ORR has said TPE has to…

  • Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

    Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

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    THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved the use by Greater Anglia (GA) of the Stadler ‘Flirt’ Class 755 four-car bi-mode multiple units.  These are the first Swiss trains to be built for the privatised railway, with testing only starting in January.  GA has ordered 24 four-car sets (and also 14 three-car, which…

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