Acronym | Meaning |
ALB | Arm’s length body |
AMF | Asset Management Facility |
ATO | Automatic Train Operation |
ATOC | Association of Train Operating Companies |
BCIMO | Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation |
CECA | Civil Engineering Contractors Association |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
COP26 | 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties |
CP | Control Period |
CP6 | Control Period 6 (1 Apr 2019-31 Mar 2024) |
CP7 | Control Period 7 (1 Apr 2024-31 Mar 2029) |
CVLR | Coventry Very Light Rail |
DfT | Department for Transport |
DLR | Docklands Light Railway |
DMU | Diesel multiple unit |
DOHL | DfT OLR Holdings Limited |
DRS | Direct Rail Services |
ECDP | East Coast Digital Programme |
ECML | East Coast main line |
EMA | Emergency Measures Agreement |
EMR | East Midlands Railway |
EMU | Electric multiple unit |
ERMA | Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement |
ETCS | European Train Control System |
FOC | Freight Operating Company |
GBR | Great British Railways |
GBRf | GB Railfreight |
GBRTT | Great British Railways Transition Team |
GCRE | Global Centre of Rail Excellence |
GNGE | Great North Great Eastern line |
GTR | Govia Thameslink Railway |
GWML | Great Western main line |
GWR | Great Western Railway |
HLOS | High-Level Output Specification |
HSMS | Health and Safety Management System |
LEP | Local Enterprise Partnership |
LGBT | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender |
LNER | London North Eastern Railway |
LRSSB | Light Rail Safety and Standards Board |
LSER | London South Eastern Railway |
LU | London Underground |
MIR | Muslims in Rail |
MML | Midland main line |
NDA | Nuclear Decommissioning Authority |
NET | Nottingham Express Transit |
NIR | Northern Ireland Railways |
NITHCo | Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company |
NPR | Northern Powerhouse Rail |
OHLE | Overhead Line Equipment (electrification) |
OLE | Overhead Line Equipment (electrification) |
ORR | Office of Rail and Road (rail regulator) |
PMR | Personal Mobile Radio |
PR23 | 2023 Periodic Review |
RAIB | Rail Accident Investigation Branch |
RBD | Rail Business Daily |
RDG | Rail Delivery Group |
RFG | Rail Freight Group |
RFG | Rail Freight Group |
RIA | Railway Industry Association |
RID | Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail |
RIDC | Rail Innovation & Development Centre |
RIMiNI | Rail Infrastructure Midlands and Integrated Rail Plan |
RISAS | Railway Industry Supplier Approval Scheme |
RISQS | Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme |
ROSCO | Rolling Stock Leasing Company |
RSSB | Rail Safety and Standards Board |
RTO | Research and Technology Organisation |
SoFA | Statement of Funds Available |
STB | Sub-national Transport Body |
SYMCA | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority |
SYPTE | South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) |
TAIR | Tram Accident and Incident Reporting database |
TDI | Transport Design International |
TfN | Transport for the North |
TfW | Transport for Wales |
TOC | Train Operating Company |
TPE | Transpennine Express |
TRU | Transpennine Route Upgrade |
UHPC | Ultra-High-Performance Concrete |
UKRRIN | UK Rail Research and Innovation Network |
UTA | Ulster Transport Authority |
VLR | Very Light Rail |
VLRNIC | Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre |
WCML | West Coast main line |
WMG | Warwick Manufacturing Group |
WOE | West of England |
XC | CrossCountry |
ORR Rail Statistics Compendium
DfT Organisation Chart
December 2023
ORR 2023 Periodic Review Publications
Llwybr Newydd
The Wales Transport Strategy 2021
All Island Strategic Rail Review
Consultation Paper November 2021
Western Gateway Strategic Transport Plan
2020-2025
Closing the gap: The South West Peninsula strategic rail blueprint
November 2016
South West Freight Strategy
July 2022
Fairer, greener, stronger: a Strategic Transport Plan for the Midlands
Midlands Connect – April 2022
Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands
Department for Transport November 2021
Strategic Transport Plan
Transport for the North 2019
Transport for London Board Members
How we are governed
RSSB 2023-24 Business Plan
The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry Part 1 Report
The Rt Hon Lord Cullen PC – Health & Safety Commission – 2001
Great British Railways – The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail
Department for Transport – Williams Rail Review – May 2021
Realising the Potential of GB Rail – Report of the Rail Value for Money Study
Sir Roy McNulty – Summary Report – May 2011
Freight rail usage and performance
ORR
Moving Britain Ahead
Framework Agreement between the Department for Transport and Network Rail 2019
HS2 London Euston Station
Design by Grimshaw 2022
HS2 Business Opportunities
Published on the CompeteFor supply chain portal
Greater Manchester Five-Year Transport Delivery Plan 2021-2026
Part of the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040
Sheffield City Region Integrated Rail Plan
Published July 2019
The Economic Contribution of UK Rail
Oxford Economics 2021
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