Track access decisions | Office of Rail and Road

This section contains decisions we have made since 2020. For older decisions, please see our decisions library. All approved agreements and subsequently approved amendments to track access decisions are held on our public register.

Decisions we have made on new, disputed contracts (section 17)

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

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2021 (section 17)

Date	Train operator	Link to documents
10 February 2021	Grand Union Trains Limited (London – Carmarthen)	Decision letter Draft Contract Application Form Grand Union Trains Response to Network Rail 15 December 2020 Network Rail Further Response 11 December 2020 Grand Union Trains Response to Network Rail 12 November 2020 Network Rail response re performance 6 November 2020 Network Rail response re capacity 30 October 2020 ORR letter to Network Rail re capacity and performance 16 October 2020 Network Rail Statutory Representations Consultation responses

Decisions we have made on new, agreed contracts (section 18)

These are our decisions on new contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

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Date	Train operator	Link to documents
26 March 2021	Harry Needle Railroad Company Limited	Decision letter Directions notice Connection contract
24 March 2021	Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited and MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited (MTR)	Decision letter Directions notice Directions contact
4 December 2020	The Festiniog Railway Company	Decision letter Directions notice Directions contract
19 May 2020	West Coast Railway Company Limited	Decision letter Direction notice Directions contract
9 January 2020	Keolis Amey Operations/ Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey Limited New Connection contract	Decision letter Queen Street Direction Notice Radyr Direction Notice Queen Street connection contract Radyr connection contract

Agreed amendments to contracts (section 22)

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

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Date	Train operator	Number	Link to documents
1 September 2021	Colas Rail Limited	6th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 August 2021	Arriva Rail London Limited	78th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
2 August 2021	Hull Trains Company Limited	22nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
16 July 2021	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	18th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 June 2021	Freightliner Limited	8th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 June 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	44th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 June 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	37th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 June 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	35th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
18 May 2021	Hull Trains Company Limited	21st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
13 May 2021	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	41st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
13 May 2021	Hull Trains Company Limited	20th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
13 May 2021	Grand Central Railway Company Limited	15th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 May 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	29th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 May 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	18th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 May 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	14th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 May 2021	Northern Trains Limited	32nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 May 2021	London North Eastern Railway Limited	22nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
29 April 2021	Abellio East Anglia Limited	86th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
26 April 2021	First TransPennine Express Limited	38th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 April 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	19th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 April 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	34th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 April 2021	Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited	9th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 April 2021	First Greater Western Limited	73rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
20 April 2021	First Greater Western Limited	64th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
19 April 2021	Keolis Amey Operations (T/A TfW Rail Services)	2nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
16 April 2021	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	17th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
14 April 2021	Arriva Rail London Limited	75th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
8 April 2021	Direct Rail Services Limited	10th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
1 April 2021	XC Trains Limited	16th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
1 April 2021	London and South Eastern Railway Limited	80th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
31 March 2021	Abellio East Anglia Limited	83rd SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
31 March 2021	Trenitalia c2c Limited	12th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
30 March 2021	First Greater Western Limited	70th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
26 March 2021	Abellio East Midlands Limited	6th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
24 March 2021	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	33rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
23 March 2021	First MTR South Western Trains Limited	12th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
23 March 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	42nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
23 March 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	41st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
19 March 2021	Arriva Rail London Limited	76th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
17 March 2021	Abellio East Midlands Limited	2nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 March 2021	Northern Trains Limited	33rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
8 March 2021	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (NEXUS)	12th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
4 March 2021	First Greater Western Limited	69th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 February 2021	Abellio East Midlands Limited	1st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
9 February 2021	The Chiltern Railway Company Limited	137th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
9 February 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	32nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 January 2021	Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Limited	3rd SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
21 January 2021	First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited	29th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 January 2021	First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited	28th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter

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Date	Train operator	Number	Link to documents
16 December 2020	West Midlands Trains Limited	8th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
16 December 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	69th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
11 December 2020	First TransPennine Express Limited	35th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
11 December 2020	Keolis Amey Operations (T/A TfW Rail Services)	1st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 December 2020	First MTR South Western Trains Limited	11th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 December 2020	First MTR South Western Trains Limited	9th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 December 2020	West Midlands Trains Limited	7th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 December 2020	Trenitalia c2c Limited	11th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 December 2020	Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Company	1st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 December 2020	Northern Trains Limited	30th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
30 November 2020	The Chiltern Railway Company Limited	136th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
27 November 2020	First Greater Western Limited	67th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
27 November 2020	First Greater Western Limited	66th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 November 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	73rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 November 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	72nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
25 November 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	26th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
23 November 2020	XC Trains Limited	13th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
18 November 2020	Abellio Scotrail Limited	23rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
11 November 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	84th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
11 November 2020	First Greater Western Limited	60th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
2 November 2020	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	16th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
1 November 2020	GB Railfreight Limited	1st SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
20 October 2020	London North Eastern Railway Limited	19th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
20 October 2020	Hull Trains Company Limited	19th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
4 September 2020	London and South Eastern Railway Limited	75th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
2 September 2020	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	15th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
1 September 2020	Abellio East Midlands Trains Limited 23rd Supplemental Agreement	24th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
1 September 2020	First Greater Western Limited	36th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
20 August 2020	GB Railfreight Limited	12th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
19 August 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	79th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
13 August 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	70th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
13 August 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	33rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 August 2020	Abellio East Midlands Limited	21st SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
12 August 2020	Abellio East Midlands Limited	20th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
12 August 2020	Abellio East Midlands Limited	19th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
10 August 2020	North Yorkshire Moors Enterprises Limited	35th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
8 August 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	71st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 August 2020	First Greater Western Limited	62nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 August 2020	First Greater Western Limited	63rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 August 2020	Grand Central Rail Company Limited (North East Services)	14th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 August 2020	Grand Central Rail Company Limited (North West Services)	2nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
22 July 2020	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	40th SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
21 July 2020	First Greater Western Limited	59th SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
30 June 2020	The Chiltern Railway Company Limited	135th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
28 June 2020	XC Trains Limited	14th SA	Approved agreement The Passenger Access (Short Term Timetable and Miscellaneous Changes) General Approval 2009
19 June 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	68th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
19 June 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	65th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
16 June 2020	Abellio East Midlands Trains Limited	22nd SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
15 June 2020	Abellio Scotrail Limited	22nd SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
2 June 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	82nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
22 May 2020	First TransPennine Express Limited	33rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
15 May 2020	First Greater Western Limited	61st SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
15 May 2020	Keolis Amey Operations (TfW Rail Services)	99th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
15 May 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	77th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
15 May 2020	Arriva Rail London Limited	66th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
11 May 2020	First Greater Western Limited	58th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 May 2020	First Greater Western Limited	55th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
7 May 2020	First Greater Western Limited	49th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
6 May 2020	First MTR South Western Trains Limited	8th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 May 2020	Northern Trains Limited	25th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
5 May 2020	First TransPennine Express Limited	32nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
4 May 2020	Abellio Scotrail Limited	21st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
30 April 2020	Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited	3rd SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
27 April 2020	North Yorkshire Moors Railways Enterprises PLC	34th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
21 April 2020	Northern Trains Limited	29th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
17 April 2020	Trenitalia c2c Limited	9th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
15 April 2020	Abellio Scotrail Limited	20th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
9 April 2020	The Chiltern Railway Company Limited	134th SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
9 April 2020	The Chiltern Railway Company Limited	133rd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
6 April 2020	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	39th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
31 March 2020	Associated British Ports Facility Access Contract with Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited	5th SA & 6th SA	Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd
31 March 2020	Associated British Ports Facility Access Contract with GB Railfreight Limited	4th SA	GB Railfreight Limited
31 March 2020	Associated British Ports Facility Access Contract with Direct Rail Services Limited	3rd SA	Direct Rail Services Limited
31 March 2020	Associated British Ports Facility Access Contract with Colas Rail Limited	3rd SA	Colas Rail Limited
31 March 2020	Associated British Ports Facility Access Contract with DB Cargo Limited	5th SA & 6th SA	DB Cargo Limited
31 March 2020	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	13th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
30 March 2020	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	37th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
27 March 2020	First TransPennine Express Limited	31st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
26 March 2020	MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited	10th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
13 March 2020	First Greater Western Limited	48th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
12 March 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	25th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
9 March 2020	First Greater Western Limited	52nd SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
6 March 2020	XC Trains Limited	12th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
6 March 2020	Abellio East Anglia Limited	76th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
2 March 2020	Govia Thameslink Railway Limited	36th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
27 February 2020	First Greater Western Limited	53rd SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
18 February 2020	West Midlands Trains Limited	6th SA	Approved agreement Passenger access (Model Charter Track Access Contract) General Approval 2009
6 February 2020	Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Limited	1st SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
31 January 2020	Abellio East Midlands Limited (EMR)	12th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
15 January 2020	XC Trains Limited	11th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter
10 January 2020	GB Railfreight Limited	10th SA	Approved agreement Decision letter

Disputed amendment to contracts (section 22a)

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

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Date	Train operator	Number	Link to documents
30 June 2021	Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited	10th SA	Directions Notice Decision Letter Approved Agreement Rights Table

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Date	Train operator	Number	Link to documents
16 December 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	28th SA	Directions notice Decision letter Approved agreement Rights table
16 December 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	27th SA	Directions notice Decision letter Approved agreement Rights table
16 December 2020	GB Railfreight Limited	11th SA	Directions notice Decision letter Approved agreement Rights table
13 November 2020	GB Railfreight Limited	15th SA	Directions notice Decision letter Approved agreement Rights table
13 February 2020	Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited	8th SA	Directions notice Decision letter Approved agreement Rights table

Notices of consent

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Date	Train operator	Link to documents
11 June 2021	Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and South Yorkshire Supertram Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent
18 May 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent
6 May 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent
26 April 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent FWAC wagon Notice of Consent FWAD wagon
16 March 2021	GB Railfreight Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent PCAE wagon
12 February 2021	Direct Rail Services Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent Class 88 locomotive –Domestic Automotive
12 February 2021	Colas Rail Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent class 70 locomotive-other
10 February 2021	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent HRAI Wagon Notice of Consent HRAO wagon
8 December 2020	West Midlands Trains Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent to supplement the track usage price list (Class 196)
8 December 2020	Network Rail Infrastructure Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent to TER
21 October 2020	Colas Rail Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent TEAS Wagon and ICAD wagon
24 September 2020	Colas Rail Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent JGAP Wagon and JPAF wagon
19 June 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent FKAA wagon
4 May 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent VGAF wagon
21 April 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	Decision letter Notice of Consent FQAI Wagon Notice of Consent BAAM Wagon
9 April 2020	First Transpennine Express Limited	Proposal to supplement CP6 Track Usage Price List: TPE Cl802 VUC Decision letter Notice of consent
3 April 2020	DB Cargo (UK) Limited	Notice of Consent to a Supplement to the Track Usage Price List Class 37/7 Notice of Consent to a Supplement to the Track Usage Price List BAAF wagon Decision letter
12 March 2020	Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited	Notice of consent Decision letter
10 February 2020	Serco Caledonian Sleeper Limited	Proposal to supplement the CP6 Track Usage Price List Consent notice Decision letter
30 January 2020	Grand Central Railway Company Limited (North West Services)	Grand Central Railway Company Limited (North West Services) Conditions Precedent Letter