Information on how competing and complex applications for the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes will be considered.
On 24 April 2024, ORR wrote to industry setting out a process for access applications for December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025.
This process was necessary to manage an expected higher-than-usual number of access applications from freight and passenger operators for additional or amended services for these timetable changes.
In addition, it was anticipated that some services in the applications would interact with each other, or have the potential to, at different points across the GB railway network.
Under the published process, on 20 May 2024, ORR received a higher-than-usual number of applications which also contained multiple interactions requiring assessment.
Applications
An overview of the applications received was published on 29 May 2024. We will be publishing more information related to the applications in line with our standard procedures once the necessary checks are completed.
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