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Network Charges - a consultation on how charges can improve efficiency

3 August 2016
Date published: 10 December 2015 Closing date: 4 March 2016 This consultation looked at the way in which Network Rail charges train operators for use of its network. These charges affect decisions made by operators, Network Rail and funders. This was the first consultation as part of a comprehensive review of Network Rail’s structure of charges for Control Period 6, (CP6) - (2019-2024) and beyond

Passenger rail: Trends and comparisons for franchised operators

23 February 2016

Content archived on 22 August 2020

Passenger rail: Trends and comparisons for franchised operators sets out our analysis of trends in the franchised passenger rail industry and compares the costs and revenues of franchised operators, in the context of the service they provide between 2001 and 2014 .

Consultation on improving Schedule 5 of the model freight track access contract

20 January 2016
On 6 November 2015 we consulted on proposed changes to Schedule 5 and the associated Rights Table in the model freight track access contract. This also included consequential changes to Schedule 4. These changes are to reflect the move away from freight access rights having "Levels" and towards having origin and destination timing windows for services. We also proposed to simplify the Rights Table

About our 2018 periodic review (PR18)

16 November 2015
Periodic reviews are one of the principal mechanisms by which ORR holds Network Rail to account, and secures value for money for users and funders of the railway.
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