Track access notices of consent
8 July 2025
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This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.
Access and licensing
Agreed amendments to contracts in 2025 (section 22)
8 July 2025
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Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.
Freight operators: 2024 and 2025 competing track access applications
8 July 2025
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All documents related to competing applications received from freight operators.
Passenger operators: 2024 and 2025 competing track access applications
8 July 2025
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All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.
Depot access applications and decisions
7 July 2025
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This page contains depot access applications and decisions made under sections 17 or 22A of the Railways Act 1993.
Competing track access applications
3 July 2025
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Information on how competing and complex applications for the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes will be considered.
Decisions on new, disputed contracts (section 17)
3 July 2025
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Our decisions on new contracts where Network Rail and the train operator could not reach agreement.
Rail regulator rejects West Coast Main Line applications due to insufficient capacity
3 July 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has rejected applications from three companies seeking track access contracts with Network Rail to run services on the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
Appeals under The Access and Management Regulations
3 July 2025
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This page contains guidance, forms and decisions we have made regarding appeals under The Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016.
More cross-channel rail services coming down the track
5 June 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today written to Eurostar and new applicants seeking to run cross-channel rail services, to set out next steps for assigning access to Temple Mills International depot (TMI). Access to TMI is considered crucial to providing services from the UK to the continent.