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Working paper 7: Collaborative working on the rail network

24 November 2017
In November 2017, we published working paper 7. This discussed how incentives for collaborative working between train operators and Network Rail could be strengthened. Following its publication, we held a number of discussions with stakeholders to inform our thinking on this issue. We also received 12 responses to this working paper which are available here. We are grateful to all those who

Working paper 6: The volume incentive

24 November 2017
Date published: 30 November 2017 Consultation closing date: 25 January 2018 Conclusions published: 24 May 2018 The volume incentive was designed to encourage Network Rail to make additional capacity available in response to unexpected demand from operators to use the network. In November 2017, we published Working Paper 6: The Volume Incentive. In the paper, we set out our views on the

System operation in control period 6 (CP6)

21 September 2017
This page provides details of our work and publications on developing the framework for Network Rail’s national system operator (NSO) in control period 6 (CP6) as part of the 2018 periodic review (PR18).

Guidance on Network Rail’s strategic business plans

25 July 2017
As part of the 2018 periodic review (PR18), Network Rail will produce strategic business plans (SBPs) which will form the main source of evidence that we will use to determine Network Rail’s funding and outputs for CP6.

Consultation on the overall framework for regulating Network Rail

24 July 2017
Draft design for our approach to regulating Network Rail in CP6 This document sets out our approach to regulating Network Rail in control period 6 (CP6, which will run from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024, as we have consulted on it in the draft determination. Its purpose is a tool to express our proposed framework for regulating Network Rail in a succinct way. Draft design for our approach to

High-level output specifications and statements of funds available

17 July 2017
This page sets out information relating to the high-level output specifications (HLOS) and statements of funds available (SoFA) for CP6. Overview As part of a periodic review, the Scottish Ministers and Secretary of State are required to inform us what they each want railway activities to achieve during the next control period. We call this the ‘high-level output specification’ or HLOS. The

Schedule 4 and 8 PR18 re-calibration working group

27 February 2017
In our charges and incentives consultation, published in December 2016, we encouraged an industry-led approach to the re-calibration of Schedules 4 and 8 in PR18. To help start this process we hosted a series of regular meetings to agree with industry the approach for recalibrating each aspect of the regimes. There are separate passenger, freight and charter Recalibration Working Groups to account

RDG PR18 working group: Outputs

14 September 2016
This group discussed issues relating to the development of the framework for Network Rail’s outputs and performance monitoring. This included considering the role of Network Rail’s stakeholders in informing what Network Rail would deliver. This working group was disbanded at the end of 2016 and Outputs items were covered through the RDG Route level regulation, charges and incentives working group
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