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Decisions on new, disputed contracts (section 17)

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

2022

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1 December 2022 Grand Union Trains Limited (London-Carmarthen) Decision letter
Press release
Draft Contract
Application Form
Industry Consultation Responses
Network Rail Representations
GUT response to Network Rail Representations
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2021

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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
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        • All safety bodies
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        • Rail Delivery Group
        • All industry organisations
      • Agency agreements and MoUs
      • UK regulators' Network
      • International visits
      • All who we work with
    • How we're funded
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      • Our people
      • ORR values
      • Vacancies
      • Applying to ORR
      • ORR benefits
      • When you join ORR
      • All careers
    • Supplying us
      • Minimum level of competition
      • Our policy on working with SMEs
      • Online e-tendering system
      • Policy on public expenditure transparency
      • All supplying us
    • Corporate data
      • Workforce management information
      • ORR organogram and data sets
      • Spending figures
      • Government Procurement Card figures
      • Consultancy spend
      • Board expenses
      • Freedom of information
      • Review of the tax arrangements of public sector appointees
      • All corporate data
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    • Rail regulation
      • Rail networks we regulate
        • Network Rail regulation
        • High Speed 1 (HS1) regulation
        • Channel tunnel
        • Northern Ireland
        • Economic regulation research
        • All on networks we regulate
      • Protecting rail passengers
        • Know your rail rights
        • Annual rail consumer report
        • Passenger assistance
        • Passenger information
        • Complaints & compensation
        • Tickets & fares
        • Consumer law investigation and enforcement powers
        • All protecting passengers
      • Promoting rail competition
        • Competition Act 1998
        • Report a suspected competition issue
        • Market monitoring
        • Competition work
        • All promoting competition
      • Rail investigations
        • Inquiry into May 2018 network disruption
        • Rail timetable issues 2018
        • GTR and Northern investigations
        • Enforcement action taken against Network Rail on performance
        • All rail investigations
      • Promoting investment in the rail network
        • When do I need to start engaging with ORR?
        • The investment framework
        • Managing safety
        • Authorising vehicles and infrastructure
        • Securing access to the rail network
        • Licensing
        • Better Value Rail
        • What other bodies might I need to engage with?
        • All promoting investment in the rail network
      • Promoting health and safety
        • Investigation and enforcement powers
        • Annual health and safety report
        • All promoting health and safety
      • All rail regulation
    • Roads monitoring
      • Holding National Highways to account
      • Annual assessment of National Highways
      • Annual assessment of safety performance on the SRN
      • Monitoring smart motorways
      • Benchmarking National Highways' performance and efficiency
      • National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement
      • Our role in the development of road investment strategies
      • All roads monitoring
    • Environment and sustainable development
      • The environment, sustainable development and rail
      • The environment, sustainable development and roads
      • ORR corporate sustainable development activity
      • All environment and sustainable development
    • See all
  • Guidance & compliance
    • Rail guidance and compliance
      • Britain's railway in numbers
      • Health & safety
        • Passenger safety
        • Occupational health
        • Level crossings
        • Strategy & guidance
        • Laws
        • Reporting railway incidents
        • Apply for permissions, certificates or authorisations
        • Railway infrastructure and vehicle safety
        • All health & safety
      • Operator access to the network
        • Infrastructure access guidance and policies
        • Access to regulated networks
        • Station and depot access
        • Appeals under The Access and Management Regulations
        • All on operator access to the network
      • Operator licences & exemptions
        • Licensing the railway
        • Licence obligations
        • Third party liability insurance notifications
        • How to apply
        • Model licences and licence exemptions
        • Current licences
        • Licence exemptions
        • Current licence casework consultations
        • All operator licences & exemptions
      • Train driving licences & certificates
      • Whistleblowing
      • Brexit
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