Freight operators: 2024 and 2025 competing track access applications

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All documents related to competing applications received from freight operators. 

We make decisions on applications from freight train operators who want to access Network Rail’s infrastructure and the related track access agreements between operators and Network Rail.

The competing and complex applications listed below relate to the December 2024, May 2025 and December 2025 timetable changes. 

Table showing latest information and the associated freight applications to which it applies:

Links to informationApplies to (trading names and related operator agreements):

Network Rail letter on WCML South applications dated 7 February 2025

Colas: 
Colas Rail Limited S22A 10th SA
DB Cargo: 
DB Cargo UK Limited S22A 83rd SA
DC Rail: 
Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited S22A 2nd SA
DRS: 
Direct Rail Services Limited S22A 17th SA
Freightliner: 
Freightliner Limited S22A 23rd SA
Freightliner Limited S22A 24th SA
Freightliner Limited S22A 25th SA
Freightliner Limited S22A 26th SA
Freightliner Heavy Haul: 
Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited S22A 24th SA
Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited S22A 25th SA
Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited S22A 27th SA
Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited S22A 28th SA
GB Railfreight: 
GB Railfreight Limited S22A 34th SA
Legge Infrastructure Services: 
Legge Infrastructure Services Limited S22A 2nd SA
Varamis: 
Varamis Limited S22A 2nd SA

List of freight operators and links to core documents:

Key to contracts:

  • Section 22A: disputed amendments to existing contracts

Colas Rail Limited

Section 22A

10th supplemental agreement

DB Cargo UK Limited

Section 22A

92nd supplemental agreement

91st supplemental agreement (now withdrawn)

88th supplemental agreement

87th supplemental agreement

86th supplemental agreement

85th supplemental agreement

84th supplemental agreement

83rd supplemental agreement

81st supplemental agreement

79th supplemental agreement

73rd supplemental agreement

72nd supplemental agreement

Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited

Section 22A

2nd supplemental agreement

Direct Rail Services Limited

Section 22A

17th supplemental agreement

Freightliner Limited

Section 22A

26th supplemental agreement

25th supplemental agreement

24th supplemental agreement

23rd supplemental agreement

22nd supplemental agreement

21st supplemental agreement

Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited

Section 22A

28th supplemental agreement

27th supplemental agreement

26th supplemental agreement

25th supplemental agreement

24th supplemental agreement

GB Railfreight Limited

Section 22A

34th supplemental agreement

25th supplemental agreement

Legge Infrastructure Services Limited

Section 22A

2nd supplemental agreement

Varamis Limited

Section 22A

2nd supplemental agreement