Decisions and notices

The Railways Act 2005 sets out statutory procedures concerning proposals for the closure of passenger services, passenger networks and stations.

List of operators and links to core documents (A to L) related to competing applications received from passenger operators.

This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.

Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

Information on how competing and complex applications for the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes will be considered.

A list of consents granted or denied since the modification to Condition 16 (financial ring-fence) on 18 Nov 2002.

Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

The rail industry can propose changes to Network Rail's Network Code through Part C. ORR has a role to approve those changes as any modifications to the Code may have a bearing on Track Access contracts.

If a railway operator wants to access the Network Rail’s infrastructure, they have to apply to us for a track access agreement with Network Rail.