Rail

Rail staff competence

2 November 2016
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We have produced detailed guidance on developing and maintaining staff competence.

Railway safety levy consultation

28 September 2016
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We sought views on a standard format for the submission of railway service providers’ financial information to us for safety levy apportionment purposes.

New General Approval for freight track access contracts

19 September 2016
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Date published: 30 September 2016 Closing date: 11 November 2016, 5pm The purpose of this consultation was to seek views on a proposed new General Approval for freight track access contracts, to replace the Freight Access (Track Access Contracts) General Approval 2012. The new General Approval reflects changes in industry processes and the model freight track access contracts, and modifications to

RDG PR18 working group: Outputs

14 September 2016
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This group discussed issues relating to the development of the framework for Network Rail’s outputs and performance monitoring. This included considering the role of Network Rail’s stakeholders in informing what Network Rail would deliver. This working group was disbanded at the end of 2016 and Outputs items were covered through the RDG Route level regulation, charges and incentives working group

RDG PR18 working group: Improving the regulation of system operation

14 September 2016
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This group discussed issues relating to the regulation of system operation. Garry White chaired this RDG working group. The agreed meeting notes of the working group are set out below, along with any other relevant papers. RDG system operation working group meeting note - 10 November 2017 RDG system operation working group meeting note - 7 August 2017 RDG system operation working group meeting

RDG PR18 working group: Route-level regulation, charges and incentives

14 September 2016
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This group discussed issues relating to two of the priority work areas that we identified for the review in our initial consultation, namely: A focus on regulating at route level; and Increasing transparency around costs and improving incentives. The working group also considered the financial framework for CP6 as it is directly relevant to these two areas. The chair of this RDG working group was