Core Valley Lines (CVL)

Current track access applications

This section contains all application forms, documents and responses we make public, relating
to CVL track access applications we are currently considering. This includes:

• new track access contracts; and
• amendments to track access contracts.

There are no current track access applications.

Decisions on track access applications

This section contains all decisions we have made in relation to CVL track access applications.
This includes:

• new track access contracts; and
• amendments to track access contracts.

2019-21

Date	TOC/FOC	Number	Links to documents
1 February 2021	Amey Keolis Infrastructure/Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited	3rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
1 February 2021	Amey Keolis Infrastructure/Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited	2nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
16 July 2020	Amey Keolis Infrastructure/Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited	1st SA	Approval Notice Decision Letter
25 March 2020	Amey Keolis Infrastructure and Merthyr Ltd Connection Contract		Direction Notice Decision Letter Cwmbargoed Sidings Connection Agreement
29 November 2019	Amey Keolis Infrastructure/Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited, GB Railfreight, Freightliner, Freightliner Heavy Haul, and DB Cargo (4 separate directions) freight services track access contracts		Decision letter GBRf directions Freightliner directions Freightliner HH directions DB Cargo directions

Consolidated agreements

A consolidated agreement is a document incorporating all approved amendments to the existing approved agreement.

They are provided by CVL for reference purposes only.

Certain information may be excluded from these consolidated versions. This is because we may withhold from publication information which relates to the affairs of a private individual or a corporate or unincorporated body if we are satisfied that publication would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that person or body.

TOC/FOC	Consolidated agreement
Keolis Amey Operations / Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey Limited	KAOL dated 15 February 2021
GB Railfreight Ltd	GBRF dated 29 January 2021
Freightliner Ltd	FL dated 29 January 2021
Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd	FHH dated 29 January 2021
DB Cargo (UK) Ltd	DBC dated 29 January 2021

The CVL Network Code

The CVL Network Code is a common set of rules and industry procedures that apply to all parties who have a contractual right of access to the CVL infrastructure owned and operated by the CVL infrastructure manager.

The CVL infrastructure manager manages and maintains the CVL Network Code, and all related documentation. The full CVL Network Code can be found on the CVL Infrastructure Manager website.

Our responsibility is to ensure that the CVL Network Code provides appropriate contractual certainty for all affected parties and does not benefit one contractual party to a greater extent than another.

Description of the CVL Network Code

The CVL Network Code sets out the industry procedures governing:

• the way in which service performance is monitored and measured (Part B);
• modifications to the CVL Network Code (Part C);
• the translation of access rights into the construction of the timetable (Part D);
• environmental protection issues (Part E);
• the contractual arrangements governing changes to the trains used on the CVL network and to the CVL network itself (Parts F and G respectively);
• the CVL Railway Operational Code (Part H);
• changes to access rights (Part J); and
• appeals to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) (Part M).

The CVL Access Dispute Resolution Rules (ADRR), setting out how disputes under access contracts are resolved, can also be found on the CVL Infrastructure Manager website.

Safety responsibilities, for example through safety certificates and safety authorisations, and Railway Group Standards, take priority over the CVL Network Code obligations.

Approved amendments to the CVL Network Code

Part C of the CVL Network Code provides processes by which the Code can be modified.

• Condition C1 provides a democratic industry process whereby the CVL infrastructure manager and each Access Beneficiary can propose changes to the CVL Network Code; and
• Condition C3 provides the ORR with a right to make changes.

Recent modifications are listed below.

Modifications to the CVL Network Code

Proposal Approval notice Covering Letter Proposals for amendment	Date approved	Links to documents
Approval of Proposal for Change 21/01 – changes to Part D of the CVL Network Code	12 March 2021	Approval Notice and approved changes Cover letter
Approval of Proposal for Change 20/01 – changes to Part D of the CVL Network Code	8 September 2020	Approval Notice and approved changes Cover letter
Approval of the CVL Network Change Standard Forms A to X	21 July 2020	Approval Notice and approved changes Cover letter

Model contracts

There are no current model contracts.

Charging framework

Core Valley Lines charging framework

Network licence

This section gives information on our consideration of a network licence for the operator of the CVL network. Our consultation documents, stakeholder responses and conclusions are provided through the table below.

Date	Publications	Documents
13 December 2019	Statutory consultation: network licence for the Core Valley Lines Infrastructure Operator of last resort	Wales Infrastructure Manager of Last Resort Limited
26 November 2019	Conclusion: Network licence for Amey Keolis Infrastructure / Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited	Conclusions letter, 26 November 2019  Responses to ORR's proposal to grant a network licence for the operation of the Core Valley Lines statutory consultation
25 July 2019	Statutory consultation: Network licence for Amey Keolis Infrastructure / Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited	Statutory consultation on network licence for Amey Keolis Infrastructure Ltd
7 June 2019	Initial consultation on a network licence for the operator of the Core Valley Lines	Amey Keolis Infrastructure  Seilwaith Amey Keolis Limited Responses