Draft determination

The 2013 Periodic Review (PR13) is the process through which we determine the outputs that Network Rail must deliver, the efficient cost of delivering those outputs, and the access charges the company can levy on train operators for using its network to recover those costs. It covers the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2019, which is called control period 5 (CP5). PR13 also establishes the wider 'regulatory framework' including the incentives that will act on Network Rail, train operators and others in the industry to deliver and outperform our determination.

Our draft determination set out our package of overall decisions on PR13 for consultation. Following the close of the consultation, we are now in the process of taking into account stakeholders' responses ahead of confirming our decisions in our final determination, to be published on 31 October 2013. We will then begin the process of implementing the determination for the start of CP5 on 1 April 2014.

Consultation document

• The full draft determination

Draft determination by section

• Executive summary 
• Introduction and background (chapters 1-2)
• Outputs, efficient expenditure, deliverability and health & safety (chapters 3-11)
• Financial framework and revenue requirement (chapters 12-14)
• Incentives framework, access charges and other income (chapters 15-20)
• Affordability, implementation, monitoring and impacts (chapters 21-24)
• Annexes A to J
• Abbreviations and acronyms