Depot access applications and decisions

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This page contains depot access applications and decisions made under sections 17 or 22A of the Railways Act 1993.

Current applications

Trenitalia France

Date application received: 28 March 2025
Applicant: Trenitalia France
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
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Gemini Trains

Date application received: 28 February 2025
Applicant: Gemini Trains
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
Related documents:

  • Letter from Gemini Trains - 22 April 2025
  • Eurostar’s initial written representations - 1 April 2025 
    Note: In paragraph 43 of its letter dated 1 April 2025, Eurostar explained that it had highlighted, in yellow, the parts of the letter that should not be published on the basis that, to Eurostar’s knowledge, Trenitalia France had not made its approach in relation to access to TMI publicly known. Trenitalia France has now made its approach publicly known and it submitted a s.17 application (also published on ORR’s website) and, as such, we are publishing Eurostar’s letter in full.
  • Gemini Trains application form (redacted) - 28 February 2025

VTE Holdings Limited

Date application received: 23 October 2024
Applicant: VTE Holdings Limited
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
Related documents: 

  • Letter from VTE Holdings Limited - 17 January 2025
  • Eurostar’s further written representations - 17 December 2024
    Note: in paragraph 36 of its letter dated 17 December 2024, Eurostar explained that it had highlighted, in green, at paragraphs 18 and 23, information which, in Eurostar’s view, VTE Holdings Limited considered to be confidential. VTE Holdings Limited subsequently confirmed that this information could remain unredacted, so paragraphs 18 and 23 of Eurostar’s letter have been published without any redactions.
  • VTE Holdings Limited updated application form (redacted) – 8 November 2024 
    Note: in section 6.4 of its updated application form VTE Holdings Limited requested that the dates in section 2.4 be excluded from publication.  VTE Holdings Limited subsequently confirmed that section 2.4 could remain unredacted, so section 2.4 in the updated application form has been published without any redactions.
  • Eurostar’s initial written representations - 13 November 2024
  • VTE Holdings Limited application form (redacted) - 23 October 2024

Evolyn

Date application received: 23 August 2024
Applicant: Evolyn 
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
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Other correspondence:

Previous decisions

Our previous decisions on depot access applications made under sections 17 or 22A are listed below. For details of older decisions not on this page please visit the National Archives.

Hitachi Rail Limited

Date of decision: 29 April 2021
Applicant: Hitachi Rail Limited
Depot to which the application applied: Leeds Neville Hill
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