Source · Regulatory enforcement

Office of Rail and Road Enforcement

16 total notices 12 prosecutions 1 DPAs £38.6m total penalties

Enforcement notices, prosecutions, and deferred prosecution agreements against Network Rail and publicly-owned train operating companies.

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Enforcement notices

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Recipient Description Type Penalty Date Location
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £3.41 million following the death of a track worker at Surbiton on 9 February 2021. The worker, part of a four-person … Prosecution £3,410,000 Feb 2025 Surbiton, Greater London
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £3.75 million following the deaths of track workers Michael Lewis and Gareth Delbridge at Margam, South Wales, on 3 July 2019. … Prosecution £3,750,000 Feb 2025 Margam, South Wales
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Wales & Western region)
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
ORR made a Final Order under the Railways Act 1993 after finding Network Rail's Wales & Western region in breach of condition 1 of its … Licence Enforcement Order / Penalty Jul 2024 Wales & Western region
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
ORR agreed a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Network Rail following the fatal accident at Carmont, Aberdeenshire on 12 August 2020, in which 3 people … DPA £6,700,000 Sep 2023 Carmont, Aberdeenshire
Transport for London
Transport for London
Transport for London was fined following the overturning of a tram at Sandilands junction, Croydon, on 9 November 2016, in which 7 people died and … Prosecution £10,000,000 Jul 2023 Sandilands Junction, Croydon
Tram Operations Limited Tram Operations Limited was fined following the overturning of a tram at Sandilands junction, Croydon, on 9 November 2016, in which 7 people died and … Prosecution £4,000,000 Jul 2023 Sandilands Junction, Croydon
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £1.4 million after a worker suffered catastrophic and life-changing injuries when crushed between a ballast distributor and a people carrier on … Prosecution £1,400,000 May 2022 Between Crewe and Chester
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £696,666 after a worker suffered third-degree burns in a fire at Godinton substation, Kent, on 20 December 2018. ORR found Network … Prosecution £696,666 Apr 2021 Godinton substation, Ashford, Kent
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £135,000 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after a 13-year-old boy received serious burns from a 25,000-volt overhead cable near Musselburgh, East Lothian, … Prosecution £135,000 Dec 2020 Musselburgh, East Lothian
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £10,000 at Lanark Sheriff Court after a passenger train ran at over 100mph across the storm-damaged Lamington Viaduct, South Lanarkshire, on … Prosecution £10,000 Nov 2020 Lamington Viaduct, South Lanarkshire
Govia Thameslink Railway Limited
Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd and and Network Rail
Govia Thameslink Railway was fined £1 million after pleading guilty to a health and safety offence following an incident on 7 August 2016 in which … Prosecution £1,000,000 Jul 2019 Gatwick Express service
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
ORR issued a Final Order under the Railways Act 1993 after concluding that Network Rail had breached the timetabling conditions of its network licence in … Licence Enforcement Order / Penalty Jan 2019 National rail network (May 2018 timetable change)
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £733,000 at Bristol Crown Court for failing to carry out adequate maintenance to prevent the derailment of a freight train near … Prosecution £733,000 Mar 2018 Near Gloucester station
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was fined £800,000 at Guildford Crown Court after a track worker sustained multiple serious and life-changing injuries near Redhill, Surrey, in June 2014. … Prosecution £800,000 Jan 2017 Near Redhill, Surrey
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
ORR imposed a penalty of £3 million on Network Rail under section 57C of the Railways Act 1993 for a continuing breach of conditions 1 … Licence Enforcement Order / Penalty £3,000,000 Nov 2010 National rail network
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Alexandra Palace and Network Rail
Network Rail was convicted following the Potters Bar derailment of 10 May 2002 in which 7 people were killed and 76 injured. The court found … Prosecution £3,000,000 Oct 2010 Potters Bar, Hertfordshire

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Notices by year

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ORR notices by issue year · full collection with a recorded issue date
Issue yearNotices
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Up to ten recipients with the most notices · full collection
RecipientNotices
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited12
Transport for London1
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Wales & Western region)1
Tram Operations Limited1
Govia Thameslink Railway Limited1

Data from Office of Rail and Road. Covers enforcement actions under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.