Access and licensing

All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.

These are our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator could not reach agreement.

A consolidated (or conformed) agreement is a document incorporating all approved amendments to the existing approved agreement. We do not approve these consolidated agreements, they are provided by Network Rail for reference purposes only to provide an overview of the current terms of the contract.

This publication provides management information on access rights planning and use.

This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.

Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

All documents related to competing applications received from freight operators.

This page contains depot access applications and decisions made under sections 17 or 22A of the Railways Act 1993.

Information on how competing and complex applications for the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes will be considered.