Components
This page lists the consultants' reports relating to the 2008 periodic review (PR08).
- Network Rail: Employment Costs Efficiency Review, Inbucon
18 Feb 2009 - Audit of CP4 access charges, Halcrow Group Ltd
18 Dec 2008 - Further assessment of approaches to improve efficiency - overview, RailKonsult
Appendix 8 - enclosed barriers
Appendix 9 - ballast distribution
Appendix 10 - specialist plant
Appendix 11 - rerailing techniques
Review of Network Rail's consultation response
20 Oct 2008 - Site Inspection and Review of items proposed for renewal on Primary Routes in 2009/10 to assess the justification for the timing and the proposed engineering specification, Richard Spoors Associates Ltd
18 Sep 2008 - A response to the LECG and Horton 4 Consulting reports on the ITS/ORR international benchmarking study (based on the LICB dataset), ITS Leeds
30 Oct 2008 - International benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewal costs: an econometric study based on the LICB dataset, ITS Leeds
30 Oct 2008 - Response to LECG and Horton 4 Consulting's review of Oxera's 2008 report to the ORR, Oxera
27 Oct 2008 - Comparison of North American rail asset life, Ove Arup & Partners
15 Apr 2008 - Review of response documents for ORR, Dr Michael Pollitt
24 Oct 2008 - PR08 passenger performance regime, recalibration, final report, Ove Arup & Partners
30 Oct 2008 - Advice on Network Rail's strategic business plan, Ove Arup & Partners
17 Oct 2008 - Technical Support for Shadow Running of Compensation Regime for Freight Operators - Faber Maunsell
9 Jul 2008 - Strategic Business Plan – CP4 Route 18 Enhancement Projects Final Review - Halcrow Group
7 Jul 2008 - Engineering advice on Network Rail's enhancement programme - Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
4 Jun 2008 - International benchmarking of Network Rail's maintenance and renewals costs - presentation by Institute for Transport Studies
2 Jun 2008 - Coal dust spillage costs - Halcrow
2 Jun 2008 - The riskiness of Network Rail relative to other regulated industries - First Economics
1 Jun 2008 - Reports by Railkonsult:
Review of European renewal and maintenance methodologies - overview
Appendix 1 - asset inspection, condition assessment and decision making
Appendix 2 - reuse of materials
Appendix 3 - partial renewal process for switch and crossings
Appendix 4 - use of formation rehabilitation trains
Appendix 5 - high output stressing
Appendix 6 - lightweight platforms
Appendix 7 - dedicated teams
29 May 2008 - Review of Network Rail performance improvement plans - Winder Phillips Associates
27 May 2008 - Assessing Network Rail's enhancement programme - Steer Davies Gleave
23 May 2008 - Network Rail's capability to deliver its increased programme of enhancements - Nichols
22 Apr 2008 - Scope for efficiency gains in CP4 - Oxera
16 Apr 2008 - Risk adjusted cost of capital for Network Rail - Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
Apr 2008 - Scope for frontier shift in enhancements - Oxera
27 Mar 2008 - Audit of ICM v2 - Halcrow
13 Mar 2008 - Expected cost of Network Ownership - Ian Smith
7 Mar 2008 - Setting the rules for the ring-fenced fund - Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd (corrected version of report of June 2007)
Feb 2008 - Assessing the efficiency component of the Network Rail SBP - Ernst and Young
29 Feb 2008 - Review of Possessions Cost Compensation Stage 2: Final Report - Faber Maunsell
14 Feb 2008 - Peer review of Network Rail's indicative charges proposal made as part of its Strategic Business Plan - ITS University of Leeds
14 Feb 2008 - Series of possessions follow-on work - Summary report of methodology and results of analysis - Steer Davies Gleave
14 Feb 2008 - Variable usage costs - Halcrow Group Limited
14 Feb 2008 - PR08: Cost benefit study on reservation charge - August 2007 - NERA
14 Feb 2008 - Interim review of Network Rail's asset policies - AMCL
8 Jan 2008 - Network Availability KPI - Reporting Suite - Outline Technical Specification - Steer Davies Gleave
4 Dec 2007 - Network Availability KPI - Summary Report - Steer Davies Gleave
4 Dec 2007 - PR08: Review of Possessions Cost Compensation - Final - Faber Maunsell
11 Oct 2007 - PR08: Train operator compensation for possessions: Compensation for loss of Passenger Revenue - Final - Steer Davies Gleave
11 Oct 2007 - Network Rail's outputs - network availability - Steer Davies Gleave
27 Sep 2007 - Risk adjusted cost of capital for Network Rail - Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd
Jun 2007 - Switches and Crossings Service Life Report. Review of Network Rail's S&C service life predictions - Halcrow Group Limited PDF icon PDF, 266 Kb
4 Sep 2007 - Independent Reporter A: Track Service Life Project Final Report - Review of Network Rail's Further Work on Track Service Life Predictions – Halcrow Group Limited
22 Aug 2007 - Impact of Proposed New Charge for Freight Only Lines on Demand for ESI Coal - NERA Economic Consulting
Addendum - NERA Economic Consulting
ORR letter to consultees
4 Jun 2007 - Further assessment of Network Rail's freight variable usage costs and freight only line costs - Halcrow Group Limited
26 Feb 2007 - Advice on assessing enhancement schemes proposed in Network Rail's ISBP - Steer Davis Gleave
7 Feb 2007 - Best practice review of Network Rail's asset management - AMCL
6 Feb 2007 - Advice on assessing enhancement projects proposed in Network Rail's ISBP - Scot Wilson
3 Jan 2007 - Corporate form, financial guarantees and efficiency performance - NERA
18 Dec 2006 - Independent Reporter A - Reporter Mandate - Freight Cost Variability - Halcrow Group Limited
Dec 2006 - Impact of track access charge increases on rail freight traffic - MDS Transmodal Limited
Nov 2006 - What is the necessary margin for Network Rail to accommodate risk? - OXERA
9 Oct 2006 - The role of incentives in the GB rail industry - Cambridge Economic Policy Associates
Jul 2006 - Role of incentives in the GB rail industry - OXERA
Jul 2006 - Implications of amending franchise agreements - NERA
Jul 2006 - Study of Freight Vehicle Effects on Rail Surface Damage (TTCI Report) - for consultation
Jul 2006 - Scoping study for scarcity charges, Institute for Transport Studies
Appendix 2: Issues in defining and measuring railway capacity
Dec 2005 - Assessing Network Rail's scope for efficiency gains over CP4 and beyond: a preliminary study, LEK Consulting (International) Ltd and Oxera Consulting Ltd
Dec 2005