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On this page we have published reports produced by our consultants and reporters. Whilst these were input into the development of our decisions on the periodic review 2013 (PR13), they do not necessarily reflect our views.
Our proposed overall decisions on PR13 were published on 12 June 2013 for consultation. Following this, our final determination was issued on 31 October 2013.
All reports and studies
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- Review of selected calculations in freight and charter operator Schedule 8 for CP5, report by Arup
Feb 2014 - Schedule 8 recalibration phase B – Network Rail and train operator benchmarks, train operator payment rates, report by Halcrow and ITS
Dec 2013 - Audit of CP5 regulatory review model, letter by BDO
Oct 2013 - Schedule 8 recalibration phase A – Network Rail payment rate, report by Halcrow and ITS
Oct 2013 - Review of Network Rail's CP5 corporation tax and VAT forecasts, report by Alvarez & Marsal
Aug 2013 - Railway specific plant review of case for investment, report by Halcrow
Aug 2013 - Impact of business change on a firm's support, operations, maintenance and renewal costs, report by BDO
Jul 2013 - Shaping Station Stewardship Measure, SSM Working Group, report by Faithful Gould
Jul 2013 - Standards efficiency study summary, report by Nichols
Jul 2013 - Audit of CP5 regulatory review model, letter by BDO
Jun 2013 - Assessment of Network Rail's management of inflation, report by Credo
Jun 2013 - Scope for improvement in the efficiency of Network Rail's expenditure on support and operations: supplementary analysis of productivity and unit cost change, revised final report by CEPA
Jun 2013 - Update report on the scope for improvement in the efficiency of Network Rail's expenditure over CP5, report by CEPA
Jun 2013 - Advice on estimating Network Rail's cost of capital, report by CEPA
Jun 2013 - PR13 review - assessment of EAU charge proposals, report by AMCL
Jun 2013 - Network Rail bottom-up benchmarking review - 2012 update, report by Arup
Jun 2013 - PR13 review of Network Rail CP5 efficiency proposals, executive summary by Arup
Jun 2013 - PR13 review of Network Rail's maintenance and renewal unit costs used in planning, report by Arup
Jun 2013 - PR13 maintenance and renewals review - policy and WLCC model review, report by Arup
Jun 2013 - Review of Network Rail's SBP infrastructure enhancement proposals for CP5, report by Nichols
Jun 2013 - Review of Network Rail's carbon reduction calculations and CP5 trajectory, report by Arup
May 2013 - Benchmarking employment costs at Network Rail, report by IDS
May 2013 - PR13 maintenance and renewals review - summary report by Arup
May 2013 - PR13 maintenance and renewals review, report by AMCL
May 2013 - Asset management maturity assessment Strategic Business Plan update, report by AMCL
May 2013 - Audit of asset data quality, report by Arup
May 2013 - Independent review and assurance of Network Rail buildings & civil's transformation programme, summary report by Arup
May 2013 - Review of Network Rail's access charge supplement calculation, report by Arup
Apr 2013 - Check of NR's HLOS capacity metrics for CP4 and CP5, report by Arup
Apr 2013 - HLOS performance and reliability analysis and targets, report by Nichols
Apr 2013 - International benchmarking of Network Rail's operations and support functions expenditure, report by Civity
Apr 2013 - Review of Coal Spillage Charge (CSC), report by Arup
Apr 2013 - Assessment of robustness of property income forecasts of NR in the Strategic Business Plan (SBP), report by DTZ
Mar 2013 - Review of Network Rail's capability to manage a national implementation of ERTMS, report by Halcrow
Mar 2013 - Review of network availability alternative metrics, report by Arup
Mar 2013 - Review of asset management best practice, summary report by RailKonsult
Mar 2013 - Innovation efficiency study, summary report by RailKonsult
Mar 2013 - Review of network availability forecasts in SBP, report by Arup
Feb 2013 - Analysis of road and rail costs between coal mines and power stations - report by MDS Transmodal
Jan 2013 - Econometric benchmarking and its uses by ORR: a review - report by Jon Stern, CCRP, City University
Jan 2013 - EC4T transmission losses (AC & DC) estimate review, report by AMCL, December 2012
Dec 2012 - Reduction in Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 payment rates - analysis of Incentive and financial effects, report by Steer Davies Gleave
Nov 2012 - Review of Network Rail Vehicle Track Interaction Strategic Model (VTISM) modelling and allocation to market segments for Freight Avoidable Costs - report by Arup
Nov 2012 - The impact of changes in access charges on the demand for coal: update to NERA May 2012 assessment
Oct 2012 - Operating Strategy Programme - Management Case Review - RM3 Evaluation of the capability of Network Rail to deliver its Operating Strategy Programme
Sep 2012 - Assessment of capacity allocation and utilisation on capacity constrained parts of the GB rail network - report by Sinclair Knight Merz
Aug 2012 - Arup review of CP4 regulated outputs
Aug 2012 - North West electrification - Programme Management Review - report by Nichols
Jul 2012 - Network Rail possession management review - Report by Lloyd's Register
Jul 2012 - Assessment of Network Rail's CP4 and CP5 savings - Asset Management Segment - Report by Civity
Jul 2012 - Impact of changes in track access charges on rail freight traffic - Stage 2 Report by MDS Transmodal Limited
Jul 2012 - Response to Network Rail consultation - Variable Usage Charge Estimates and Freight Caps - report by Morgan Tucker
Jun 2012 - Initial industry plan (IIP) tier 0 & 1 model audits report by Ove Arup
Jun 2012 - Network Rail project and programme management capability - report by Halcrow
May 2012 - Review of Network Rail's supply chain management - report by Civity
May 2012 - The impact of changes in access charges on the demand for coal - report by NERA
May 2012 - Review of Analysis in Network Rail's Freight Cap consultation - report by Arup
Mar 2012 - Corporate Finance Advice on Proposals for Network Rail to raise Risk Capital - Paper 4: Approach to Cost of Capital and Financing - report from RBC
Mar 2012 - Assessment of robustness of property income forecasts of Network Rail in the Initial Industry Plan (IIP) - report from DTZ to the ORR
Mar 2012 - First Economics: Early cost of capital assessment
Mar 2012 - Scope for improvement in the efficiency of Network Rail's expenditure on support and operations: Supplementary analysis of productivity and unit cost change - final report by CEPA
Mar 2012 - Network Rail's efficient enhancement expenditure - Review of CP5 proposed funds - Steer Davies Gleave - Executive summary
Mar 2012 - Network Rail bottom up benchmarking review: benchmarking of operations costs - Final Report by Arup - Executive summary
Mar 2012 - Impact of changes in track access charges on rail freight traffic - Stage 1 report by MDS Transmodal Limited
Feb 2012 - Efficient expenditure benchmarking of Network Rail against North American Railroads - RailKonsult
Jan 2012 - Network Rail bottom-up benchmarking programme audit - final report by Arup
Jan 2012 - Review of Network Rail's process to capture enhancement costs Phase 2 - Final report by Nichols - Executive summary
Jan 2012 - Periodic review 2013 Consultation on incentives - NERA 'Using incentives to improve capacity utilisation'
Jan 2012 - Initial Industry Plan 2011 Review - AMCL
Dec 2011 - Initial Industry Plan (IIP) 2011 Review - Arup
Dec 2011 - International materials costs benchmarking Study, Arup
Aug 2011 - Relative Infrastructure managers' efficiency Study, RailKonsult
Jul 2011 - Rail industry cost and revenue sharing
Final report by L.E.K. for ORR, ATOC and Network Rail
Feb 2011 - Review of Network Rail's process to capture enhancement costs Phase 1 Executive summary by Nichols
Dec 2010 - High level review of track access charges and options for CP5 -
Final report by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd (CEPA)
Jun 2010