Freight cancellations was 1.0% between April 2025 and March 2026, down 0.5 percentage points (better) compared with the previous year.
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Our latest freight rail usage and performance stats are now out.
16,055 million net tonne kilometres of freight was moved between April 2025 and March 2026, down 3% compared with the previous year.
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There's one week to go until the start of @railliveuk
Richard Hines, our HM Chief Inspector of Railways, will be speaking at the event.
You can also stop by our tent to find out more about our health and safety work.
raillive.org.uk/2026-agenda#RailLIVE2026
Today is International Level Crossing Awareness Day.
Richard Hines, our HM Chief Inspector of Railways, explains the work we do to ensure railway colleagues are managing level crossing safety risks effectively.
#ILCAD
Later this year we'll cut the cost of investing in the railway by lowering the risk fees Network Rail charges to third parties and private investors - part of our work to support economic growth.
More on the rail network investment framework changes⬇️
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Our latest passenger rail performance stats show that:
3.5% of trains were cancelled between April 2025 and March 2026, down 0.6 percentage points compared with the previous year.
Full stats: dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/per…
Read our latest newsletter to find out about ORR's:
🔹 Oxford to Bristol access decision
🔹 Wales and Western performance intervention
🔹 Safe adoption of AI in rail and road
🔹 Latest research on rail and road
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Passenger train cancellations are down by a fifth in Wales and the West of England following our investigation into the region's performance.
Network Rail has made significant changes to improve performance.
More on the close-out of our investigation⬇️
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It was great to meet colleagues from across the industry at UK Rail last week.
Will Godfrey, our director of economics, finance and markets, recaps his talk on future rail funding 🎥⬇️
Our latest passenger rail performance stats are out.
3.5% of trains were cancelled between April 2025 and March 2026, down 0.6 percentage points compared with the previous year.
More details on punctuality and our wider performance stats ⬇️📈
dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/per…
ICYMI, read our latest newsletter to find out about ORR's:
🔹 Prosecution of Eurotunnel
🔹 Rail Network Investment Framework update
🔹 Latest station authorisations
🔹 Business Plan for 2026 to 2027
🔹 Latest podcast
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"We can see a real clear linkage in this report between the effect of roadworks on delays on the network and the effect of delays on user satisfaction."
Find out more about our recent reports assessing National Highways in our latest podcast: orr.gov.uk/search-news/ra…