Publications

Capacity charge for franchise and open access passenger for CP5

14 January 2014
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Date published: 25 September 2013 Closing date: 30 September 2013 The purpose of this letter is to: make the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) aware of the legal advice we have received with respect to implementing forms of the capacity charge (including RDG 's proposed option); and update RDG and the industry on our further thinking on the capacity charge, with a refinement of our proposed option taking

Schedules 4 and 8 possessions and performance regimes

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/011/2012 Date published: 26 November 2012 Start date: 26 November 2012 Closing date: 28 January 2013 We are seeking views on a range of detailed issues relating to Schedules 4 and 8 – the compensation train operators receive for the financial impact of planned and unplanned rail service disruption attributable to Network Rail or other train operators. Schedule 4 compensates train

Financial issues for Network Rail in CP5

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/009/2012 Date published: 1 August 2012 Start date: 1 August 2012 Closing date: 26 September 2012 On 1 August 2012, we published our periodic review 2013 consultation on financial issues for Network Rail in CP5. This consultation marked another important step in the 2013 periodic review of Network Rail's access charges (PR13). We consulted on detailed issues relating to the financial

Network Rail's output framework for 2014-19

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/010/2012 Date published: 1 August 2012 Start date: 1 August 2012 Closing date: 28 September 2012 On 1 August 2012 we published a consultation on what Network Rail will need to deliver in 2014-19 (control period 5). The consultation covers the 'output framework' – the outputs we will set Network Rail, the main indicators we will use to monitor the company and the enablers (measures

Variable usage charge and a freight specific charge

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/005/2012 Date published: 17 May 2012 Start date: 17 May 2012 Closing date: 10 August 2012 On 17 May 2012 we published our Periodic review 2013 consultation on the variable usage charge and a freight specific charge. The purpose of the consultation was to: consult on work undertaken to review the variable usage charge paid by both passenger and freight operators to recover the cost

Aligning incentives to improve efficiency

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/003/2012 Date published: 3 May 2012 Start date: 3 May 2012 Closing date: 12 July 2012 (extended from 28 June 2012 – see below) On 3 May 2012, we published a further consultation on the alignment of incentives between Network Rail and train operators to improve cost efficiency. This PR13 consultation provided an update on our position on the introduction of route-level efficiency

Incentives

14 January 2014
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Reference: ORR/020/2011 Date published: 14 December 2011 Start date: 14 December 2011 Closing date: 8 February 2012 On 14 December 2011, we published a consultation document on detailed issues and proposals relating to incentives as part of our work on PR13. This follows our first consultation document on PR13 which we published in May. The Rail Value for Money study highlighted a lack of