Depot access applications and decisions

Current applications

Trenitalia France

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

Further information, clarification and representations

• Trenitalia France response - further information, clarification and representations (redacted) - 18 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to Trenitalia France – 12 June 2025
• Letter from Trenitalia France – 26 May 2025
• Eurostar’s initial written representations – 9 May 2025
• Trenitalia France further information letter (redacted) – 11 April 2025
  Note: on its application form dated 28 March 2025, Trenitalia France referenced commercial correspondence provided on a confidential basis and not for publication. ORR sought clarification from Trenitalia France on the terms of this correspondence and its application. Trenitalia France has responded in its letter of 11 April 2025, which it has confirmed can be published.
• Trenitalia France application form (redacted) – 28 March 2025

Gemini Trains

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

Further information, clarification and representations

• Gemini Trains – supplementary information (redacted) – 15 August 2025
• Gemini Trains response - further information, clarification and representations (redacted) – 18 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to Gemini Trains – 12 June 2025
• 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letter dated 1 April 2025, Eurostar explained that it had highlighted, in yellow, the parts of the letter that should not be published on the basis that, to Eurostar’s knowledge, Trenitalia France had not made its approach in relation to access to TMI publicly known.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: 

Further information, clarification and representations

• VTE Holdings Limited response - further information, clarification and representations (redacted) – 18 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to VTE Holdings Limited – 12 June 2025
• 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
Related documents:

Further information, clarification and representations

• Evolyn response - further information, clarification and representations (redacted) – 18 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to Evolyn – 12 June 2025
• Letter from Evolyn - 6 February 2025
• Letter from ORR to Evolyn - 31 January 2025
• Letter from Evolyn - 13 December 2024
• Letter from Evolyn - 5 December 2024
• Eurostar's further written representations - 21 November 2024
• Evolyn updated application form (redacted) - 24 October 2024
• Eurostar's initial written representations - 25 September 2024
• Evolyn application form (redacted) - 23 August 2024

Eurostar International Limited - further information, clarification and representations

• Eurostar response - further information, clarification and representations (redacted) – 18 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to Eurostar – 12 June 2025

General correspondence

• Letter from Lord Hendy to ORR (redacted) – 17 July 2025
• Department for Transport representations to ORR (redacted) – 16 July 2025
• Kent County Council representations to ORR (redacted) – 9 July 2025
• Letter from ORR to Kent County Council – 12 June 2025
• Letter from ORR to Department for Transport – 12 June 2025
• ORR response to Eurostar representations of March, April and May 2025 - 30 June 2025
• ORR response to Eurostar representations on Gemini and Trenitalia applications - 30 June 2025
• Eurostar response to various section 17 applications - 9 May 2025
• Eurostar response to various section 17 applications - 10 April 2025
• Eurostar response to Evolyn and VTE section 17 applications - 13 March 2025
  Note: In paragraph 16 of its letter dated 13 March 2025, Eurostar explains that it has highlighted, in yellow, the parts of this letter that should not be published on the basis that such publication would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of a person or body. However, in paragraph 13 of Eurostar’s letter of 10 April, it states that Eurostar is content, given developments since 13 March (section 17 applications from Gemini Trains and Trenitalia France), for ORR to publish its letters of 10 April 2025 and 13 March 2025 without redactions.
• ORR response to Eurostar representations - 27 February 2025

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
Related documents: 

• Hitachi application form (redacted)
• Application form - Enclosure 1 (redacted)
• Application form - Enclosure 2
• Application form - Enclosure 3 (redacted)
• Application form - Enclosure 4
• Representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 18 August 2020
• Hitachi response to Abellio East Midlands’ representations (redacted) – 27 August 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 23 October 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 9 November 2020
• Hitachi response to further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 24 November 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands (redacted) – 8 December 2020
• Further representations from Hitachi Rail Limited (redacted) – 8 January 2021
• Decision letter – 29 April 2021
• Directions notice – 29 April 2021
• Directed DAA (redacted)