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Greater Anglia continues testing of electric trains despite COVID-19
Taking advantage of the reduced traffic on the network as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greater Anglia has continued testing of its new electric commuter trains.
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Office of Rail and Road (ORR)
The UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain’s railways, and the economic monitoring of Highways England.
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ORR data shows drastic fall in UK rail passenger journeys during Q4 2019-20
The new figures outline a fall of 51 million UK rail passenger journeys during Q4 of 2019-2020, highlighting the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UK Rail Minister writes to RDG about accessibility during COVID-19
The open letter from the UK Rail Minister to the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) addresses recent incidents at UK rail stations where individual passengers were apparently refused accessibility assistance.
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Signalling study closed by Office of Rail and Road as a result of COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to severely impact the UK rail industry, ORR has announced that it will close the signalling market study in order to ease the burden being placed on the industry.
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Is the railway sufficiently prepared for a cyber-attack?
Ian Maxwell, Head of Train Control Systems at the UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR), provides an insight into the differences between external and internal cyber incidents, and how Britain’s rail industry must adapt in order to protect itself from both.
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Global Railway Review Issue 1 2020
This issue includes articles from Poland's Transport Minister about the country's much-needed railway investment programme, In-Depth Focus sections on Additive Manufacturing, Winter Operations and the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), plus much more.
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UK rail regulator calls for improvements to information communication with passengers
Despite improvements in recent years, the UK rail industry still needs to make significant changes to its provision of information to passengers, says ORR.
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Tonnes of recyclable waste sent to landfill due to lack of bins on trains
The lack of bins on trains limits recycling options, despite a survey showing that 82 per cent of passengers would choose to recycle.
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UK’s rail regulator to undertake railway signalling market study
The ORR's study will focus on the level of competition for the delivery of significant signalling projects in a bid to limit Network Rail's spend on signalling.
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Pin-pointing punctuality
Every second matters to passengers, but did you know quite how much? In 2018 passenger satisfaction dropped to a 12-year low, with one in seven trains falling short of the industry measure of punctuality. During this period the UK's Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said "no-one took charge" during…
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London’s busiest stations make passenger experience improvements
Stations at Waterloo, Victoria and London Bridge have all increased their efforts to better the customer experience by making significant improvements.
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ORR figures establish Waterloo as Britain’s busiest railway station
Waterloo remained in the top position for the station with the most entries and exits, with only one station outside of London reaching the top 10.
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ORR increases operator charges on High Speed 1 line
ORR have stated that operators using the High Speed 1 rail line will be expected to collectively pay £25.9 million annually.
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ORR reports significant progress made in Network Rail savings plans
Network Rail is currently making progress ahead of target, being on track to deliver £391 million of efficiency savings in 2019 and 2020.
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New ORR statistics will help the industry focus on boosting punctuality
The UK's ORR has released a new way of measuring punctuality which is hoped will help the industry focus on boosting performance for passengers.
