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We have commenced a review of the Association of Train Operating Companies' (ATOC) Code of Practice for the supply of Real Time Train Information. ATOC introduced its Code of Practice (the Code) through its subsidiary National Rail Enquiries (NRE) in April 2010 following ORR's Competition Act investigation into its supply of RTTI products. Although the investigation found that ATOC had not

The outcome of our investigation under the Competition Act 1998 in 2010 into the conduct of DB Schenker Rail (UK) Limited (DBS) regarding the pricing of a contract for petroleum haulage by rail in Great Britain. DB Schenker Rail (UK) Limited We found no evidence that DB Schenker Rail (UK) Limited (DBS) has infringed the prohibition imposed by section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 or Article 102

The outcome of our investigation under the Competition Act 1998 in 2001 regarding a number of passenger complaints about the scale of increases of the unregulated fares on Virgin's West Coast Trains Ltd. We received a number of complaints from passengers and passenger representatives regarding the scale of increases of the unregulated fares on Virgin's West Coast Trains Ltd. We considered

The outcome of our investigation under the Competition Act 1998 in 2004-2005 into a complaint by NTM Sales and Marketing Ltd (NTM). We decided that there are no grounds for action under the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 81 of the EC Treaty against Portec Rail Products (UK) Ltd (Portec) and RS Clare and Company Ltd (Clare). We have also decided, in respect of Portec

On 17 November 2009 we concluded our investigation under the Competition Act 1998 into the conduct of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) and its subsidiary National Rail Enquiries (NRE) in the provision of Real Time Train Information (RTTI) through its ownership of the 'Darwin' database. We found that, on the basis of the available evidence, ATOC's conduct had not amounted to an

Details of our current casework regarding suspected breaches of competition law. Review of Freightliner commitments On 31 March 2019, the commitments provided by Freightliner in December 2015 expired. These commitments had the effect of discontinuing our investigation into deep sea container rail transport services. After they expired, we conducted a short review to determine whether we should

On 30 July 2007, we imposed a penalty of £2.4m for Network Rail's breach of its licence in failing adequately to evaluate and mitigate the risks associated with the Portsmouth resignalling project and to manage its contractor in line with best practice. The documents below provide more background to our decision. Portsmouth Resignalling - enforcement - letter to NR 6 Sep 2007 Portsmouth

On 2 March 2006, we imposed a fine of £250,000 on Network Rail for its failure to ensure the information it made available to the industry on the capability of its infrastructure was accurate. Infrastructure Capability - letter to NR regarding completion of final milestones in the recovery plan PDF icon PDF, 103 Kb 10 Jan 2008 Infrastructure Capability - Breach of Network Licence - Letter from

On 13 May 2008, we imposed a penalty of £14m on Network Rail because of systemic weaknesses in Network Rail's planning and execution of engineering work which represented a serious and continuing breach of its licence. These problems were exposed in our investigation into the overruns into the New Year. Improving project delivery - 2010 Audits - ORR letter to Network Rail 15 Jul 2010 Improving