Depot access applications and decisions

VTE Holdings Limited

Date of application: 23 October 2024
Applicant: VTE Holdings Limited
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
Related documents: 

• Letter from VTE Holdings Limited - 17 January 2025
• Eurostar’s further written representations - 17 December 2024
  Note: in paragraph 36 of its letter dated 17 December 2024, Eurostar explained that it had highlighted, in green, at paragraphs 18 and 23, information which, in Eurostar’s view, VTE Holdings Limited considered to be confidential. VTE Holdings Limited subsequently confirmed that this information could remain unredacted, so paragraphs 18 and 23 of Eurostar’s letter have been published without any redactions.
• VTE Holdings Limited updated application form (redacted) – 8 November 2024 
  Note: in section 6.4 of its updated application form VTE Holdings Limited requested that the dates in section 2.4 be excluded from publication.  VTE Holdings Limited subsequently confirmed that section 2.4 could remain unredacted, so section 2.4 in the updated application form has been published without any redactions.
• Eurostar’s initial written representations - 13 November 2024
• VTE Holdings Limited application form (redacted) - 23 October 2024

Evolyn

Date of application: 23 August 2024
Applicant: Evolyn 
Depot to which the application applies: Temple Mills International
Related documents:

• Letter from Evolyn - 13 December 2024
• Letter from Evolyn - 5 December 2024
• Eurostar's further written representations - 21 November 2024
• Evolyn updated application form (redacted) - 24 October 2024
• Eurostar's initial written representations - 25 September 2024 
• Evolyn application form (redacted) - 23 August 2024

Previous decisions

Our previous decisions on depot access applications made under sections 17 or 22A are listed below. For details of older decisions not on this page please visit the National Archives.

Hitachi Rail Limited

Date of decision: 29 April 2021
Applicant: Hitachi Rail Limited
Depot to which the application applied: Leeds Neville Hill
Related documents: 

• Hitachi application form (redacted)  
• Application form - Enclosure 1 (redacted)
• Application form - Enclosure 2
• Application form - Enclosure 3 (redacted)
• Application form - Enclosure 4
• Representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 18 August 2020
• Hitachi response to Abellio East Midlands’ representations (redacted) – 27 August 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 23 October 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 9 November 2020
• Hitachi response to further representations from Abellio East Midlands Limited (redacted) – 24 November 2020
• Further representations from Abellio East Midlands (redacted) – 8 December 2020
• Further representations from Hitachi Rail Limited (redacted) – 8 January 2021
• Decision letter – 29 April 2021
• Directions notice – 29 April 2021
• Directed DAA (redacted)