Rail network

Plans, improvements and investment in the rail network.

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Guidance and regulation

• Restoring your Railway Fund programme update
  • Guidance
  • 18 June 2022
  • Department for Transport
• Amendments to rail operator licensing regulations
  • Statutory guidance
  • 13 May 2021
  • Department for Transport
• Competition guidance for SBRI rail demonstrations: first of a kind 2020
  • Notice
  • 6 January 2020
  • Innovate UK
• Competition guidance for SBRI first of a kind round 3: resilience, freight, noise and environment
  • Notice
  • 20 February 2019
  • Innovate UK
• Amendments to train driving licensing regulations
  • Statutory guidance
  • 18 October 2021
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Next steps for East West Rail
  • 14 November 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions
  • 14 November 2024
  • Department for Transport, East West Railway Company Limited, and Network Rail
  • Press release
• Future of Great British Railways
  • 17 October 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Speech
• New Chair appointed to drive forward major rail reform
  • 3 October 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Leeds to Micklefield scheme: Transport and Works Act order
  • 1 October 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Decision

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Research and statistics

• Regional rail usage: April 2023 to March 2024
  • 21 November 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Delay compensation claims: 1 April 2024 to 20 July 2024 (Periods 1 to 4)
  • 24 October 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Official statistics
• Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2023 to March 2024
  • 10 October 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Passenger rail usage: April to June 2024
  • 3 October 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • National statistics
• Parkway stations: modelling and appraisal
  • 26 September 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• East West Rail consultation 2024
  • 14 November 2024
  • Department for Transport and East West Railway Company Limited
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 24 January 2025
• Summary guidance on rail open access applications
  • 18 September 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Open consultation
  • Date closed 01 November 2024
• ORR: draft amendments to the model freight track access contracts
  • 7 August 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 28 February 2024
• ORR: investigation of Network Rail’s Wales & Western region
  • 7 August 2024
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 20 June 2024
• Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: legislative changes to implement rail reform
  • 26 February 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 04 August 2022

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Restoring Your Railway Fund: bids received
  • 27 October 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• Restoring Your Railway Fund: successful bids
  • 27 October 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Infrastructure and Projects Authority

• DfT OLR Holdings Limited

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