All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.
We make decisions on applications from passenger train operators who want to access Network Rail’s infrastructure and the related track access agreements between operators and Network Rail.
The competing and complex applications listed below relate to the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes.
Table showing latest information and the associated passenger applications to which it applies:
| Links to information | Applies to (trading names and related operator agreements): |
|---|---|
Network Rail general representations in relation to the ECML dated 14 March 2025 (published 20 March 2025) | Alliance: Alliance Rail Limited S17 CrossCountry: XC Trains Limited 38th SA East Midlands Railway: Transport UK East Midlands Limited 19th, 20th and 21st SAs GTR: Govia Thameslink Railway Limited 62nd and 63rd SAs Grand Central: Grand Central Railway Company Limited 28th SA Hull Trains: Hull Trains Company Limited 27th and 32nd (was 29th) SAs LNER: London North Eastern Railway Limited 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 41st and 38th SAs Lumo: East Coast Trains Limited 11th and 12th SAs Northern: Northern Trains Limited 59th and 60th SAs ScotRail: ScotRail Trains Limited 50th and 51st SAs TPE: TransPennine Trains Limited 58th, 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th SAs |
Response from Virgin Management Limited dated 19 March 2025 (published 20 March 2025) Train operators responses to Network Rail (published 14 March 2025):
Network Rail letter on WCML South applications dated 7 February 2025 | Caledonian Sleeper: Caledonian Sleeper Limited S22A 9th SA Lumo: East Coast Trains Limited S17 Avanti: First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited S22A 3rd, 14th, 17th and 18th SAs Virgin Trains: Virgin Management Limited S17 West Midlands Railway: West Midlands Trains Limited S22A 32nd SA Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway: The Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway Company Limited S17 |
Network Rail letter on West Coast Mainline applications dated 25 April 2025 (published 29 April 2025) | Caledonian Sleeper: Caledonian Sleeper Limited S22A 9th SA Lumo: East Coast Trains Limited S17 Avanti: First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited S22A 3rd, 14th, 17th and 18th SAs Virgin Trains: Virgin Management Limited S17 West Midlands Railway: West Midlands Trains Limited S22A 32nd SA Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway: The Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway Company Limited S17 |
| DfT letter dated 4 February 2025 | Alliance Rail: Alliance Rail Limited S17 Lumo: East Coast Trains Limited S17 East Coast Trains Limited S22A 12th and 11th SAs Grand Central: Grand Central Railway Company Limited S22A 28th SA Hull Trains: Hull Trains Company Limited S22A 29th and 27th SAs Virgin trains: Virgin Management Limited S17 CrossCountry: XC Trains Limited S22A 38th SA |