Economic regulation

A list of consents granted or denied since the modification to Condition 16 (financial ring-fence) on 18 Nov 2002.

Our efficiency and finance assessment of Network Rail for 2023 relates to the fourth year of control period 6 (CP6), which runs from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024.

Information about the 2023 periodic review (PR23) of Network Rail's outputs and funding for control period 7.

How we hold Network Rail to account against the network licence.

All our periodic review 2023 (PR23) legal notices will be added to this page during the review. It also includes links to Network Rail's price lists for track access charges.

Information on the terms of access to the Channel Tunnel.

Our monitoring framework and enforcement policy for National Highways, and how we monitor the company’s performance and identify, escalate and resolve areas of concern.

It is important that land in which Network Rail has an interest and which may be important to the continuing operation and future development of the network, and services relating to railways, is not disposed of against the public interest. Condition 17 of Network Rail's network licence safeguards against the inappropriate disposal of land assets.

We monitor and report on the quality of Network Rail's engagement with its stakeholder community in control period 6 (CP6).