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Changing our penalties statement

13 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/004/2012 Date published: 14 May 2012 Start date: 14 May 2012 Closing date: 11 June 2012 We consulted on some changes to our penalties policy, in light of the comments we received from our previous 'role of the regulator' consultation (December 2011). These changes will give us more flexibility to consider accepting commitments to make improvements for passengers as an alternative to

ORR's regulation of land disposals by Network Rail

13 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/012/2012 Date published: 3 December 2012 Start date: 3 December 2012 Closing date: 18 January 2013 We have asked for views on how the arrangements for regulating with Network Rail's land disposals have worked in practice over the last two years and to propose some further improvements. We last revised our arrangements in October 2010, at the same time as the rail value for money

The first consultation by ORR on the 2014 periodic review of HS1 Ltd (PR14)

13 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/003/2013 Date published: 19 February 2013 Start date: 19 February 2013 Closing date: 16 April 2013 The concession agreement, a contract between High Speed 1 (HS1) Limited, which owns and operates the HS1 network, and the secretary of state for transport, sets out the purpose, and in general terms, the process for conducting periodic reviews. The concession agreement sets out ORR's

Changes to Network Rail's licence

13 January 2014
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Date published: 15 November 2013 Closing date: 12 December 2013 This was a formal statutory consultation on our updated proposed changes to conditions in Network Rail's network licence. The changes are mainly to clarify, streamline and simplify obligations. Subject to this consultation and Network Rail's consent, we intend to make the changes proposed no later than 1 April 2014. This consultation

Implementing the EC4T cost reconciliation

14 December 2013

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This was a consultation on the principles of and changes to the contractual wording for the cost reconciliation (or "cost wash-up") for charges for electric current for traction (EC4T) as part of the 2013 periodic review (PR13).

Implementing PR13 - capacity charge

4 November 2013

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This consultation was extended to 4 November 2013, as explained in our update letter of 25 October 2013 clarifying the contractual wording in relation to freight operators.

Implementing PR13 - charter operators

25 October 2013

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his consultation set out the specific changes we propose to make to charter track access agreements to implement our 2013 periodic review (PR13).

Capacity charge for freight operators

14 October 2013

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This letter was a consultation setting out the ORR's proposed conclusions for the capacity charge for freight operators in control period 5 (CP5), with reference to the Rail Delivery Group (RDG)'s proposal received in the letter dated 13 September 2013 .

Consultative letter expanding on the discussion of the capacity charge

14 September 2013

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This letter expanded on the discussion of the capacity charge in chapter 16 of ORR's draft determination of Network Rail's outputs and funding and, in particular, on the proposal put forward by the Rail Freight Operators' Association (RFOA).