Rail infrastructure

Guidance and regulation

Great British Railways and the public ownership programme
- Detailed guide
- 10 March 2026
- Department for Transport and DfT Operator Limited
Request environmental permit coordination for major projects
- Detailed guide
- 1 April 2026
- Environment Agency
Transport and Works Act orders: a brief guide
- Guidance
- 18 February 2026
- Department for Transport
Passive dewatering: regulatory position statement
- Guidance
- 10 December 2020
- Environment Agency
Department for Transport Leeds Station Enhancements
- Guidance
- 18 July 2025
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

Regulation reset to fast-track homes, transport and clean energy
- 13 March 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, and Natural England
- Press release
Kettering to Wigston South Junction land rights: Transport and Works Act order
- 31 October 2025
- Department for Transport
- Decision
Half of rail operators publicly owned with Greater Anglia onboard
- 10 October 2025
- Department for Transport and DfT Operator Limited
- News story
Green light for over 50 road and rail upgrades supporting over 39,000 new homes and 42,000 jobs
- 8 July 2025
- Department for Transport and HM Treasury
- Press release
Tackley level crossing: Transport and Works Act order
- 21 May 2025
- Department for Transport
- Decision

Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2024 to March 2025
- 20 November 2025
- Office of Rail and Road
- National statistics
Public ownership of rail services: facts and figures
- 10 October 2025
- Department for Transport and DfT Operator Limited
- Research
Dartmoor Line: evaluation of re-opening
- 25 September 2025
- Department for Transport
- Research
Rail infrastructure and assets: April 2023 to March 2024
- 10 October 2024
- Office of Rail and Road
- National statistics
Sponsoring a major project: the Crossrail experience
- 18 March 2024
- Department for Transport and Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Independent report

East West Rail consultation 2024
- 14 November 2024
- Department for Transport and East West Railway Company Limited
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 24 January 2025
Draft train protection systems guidance
- 7 August 2024
- Office of Rail and Road
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 01 March 2024
Draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement
- 6 March 2024
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 06 June 2023
Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: legislative changes to implement rail reform
- 26 February 2024
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 04 August 2022
Rail technical standards common framework
- 26 February 2026
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

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
ORR: annual report and accounts 2018 to 2019
- 21 June 2019
- Office of Rail and Road
- Corporate report
Network Rail framework agreement
- 21 June 2019
- Department for Transport and Network Rail
- Corporate report
ORR: annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018
- 21 June 2018
- Office of Rail and Road
- Corporate report