Freight operators: general representations
1 August 2025
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All documents related to competing applications received from freight operators.
Access and licensing
Passenger operators: general representations
1 August 2025
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All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.
ORR approves limited new passenger services on East Coast Main Line from December 2025
29 July 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved some additional services from December 2025 for three open access operators, extending or adding to their existing services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML).
Rail access rights planning and use, 18 May 2025 timetable change
18 July 2025
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This publication provides management information on access rights planning and use.
Track access notices of consent
8 July 2025
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This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Capacity at Temple Mills International Depot
5 June 2025
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We sought stakeholder evidence in response to ORR’s initial findings on the availability of capacity at Temple Mills International Depot (TMI).