REVIEW INITIATION NOTICE

NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO UNDERTAKE AN ACCESS CHARGES REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 1C OF SCHEDULE 4A TO THE

TO: Each of the persons listed in the annex to this notice.

1. This notice is given by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) under paragraph 1C.

2. The period to which ORR expects this access charges review (PR08) to relate is 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2014.

3. The date by which each of the Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers need to provide the information that has to be provided under paragraph 1D is 31 July 2007.

4. There are no conditions which ORR requires to be satisfied if ORR is to proceed with PR08.

5. In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) words and phrases defined in the Railways Act 1993 have the same meanings in this notice;

(b) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and

(c) references are to the provisions of Schedule 4A to the Railways Act 1993.

For and on the behalf of Office of Rail Regulation 28 February 2007

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This Annex sets out the persons upon whom this notice is being served in accordance with paragraph 1C:

(a) the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 1C(1)(a).

(b) the Scottish Ministers pursuant to paragraph 1C(1)(b).

(c) the Treasury pursuant to paragraph 1C(1)(c).

(d) the following persons as parties to one or more access agreements in respect of track and/or stations pursuant to paragraph 1C(1)(d):

Advenza Freight Ltd

Amec Spie Rail (UK) Ltd

Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru Ltd

c2c Rail Ltd

Central Trains Ltd

The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd

CrossCountry Trains Ltd

Direct Rail Services Ltd

English Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd

Fastline Ltd

First Capital Connect Ltd

First Greater Western Ltd

First/Keolis Transpennine Ltd

First ScotRail Limited

FM Rail Ltd

Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd

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Gatwick Express Ltd

GB Ltd

Grand Central Railway Company Ltd

Great North Eastern Railway Ltd

Heathrow Express Operating Company Ltd

Hull Trains Company Ltd

London & South Eastern Railway Ltd

London Eastern Railway Ltd

Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Ltd

Midland Main Line Ltd

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

New Southern Railway Ltd

Northern Rail Limited Ltd

North Yorkshire Moors Railway Enterprises PLC

Rail Express Systems Ltd

Silverlink Train Services Ltd

Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd

West Coast Railway Company Ltd

West Coast Trains Ltd

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(e) the following persons as such other persons as ORR considers appropriate pursuant to paragraph 1(C)(1)(e):

BAA plc

Centro (West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive)

Eurostar (UK) Ltd

Glasgow Prestwick Airport Ltd

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd

London & Continental Railways Ltd

London Underground Ltd

Merseytravel (Merseyside Passenger Transport Authority and Executive)

Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive)

Nexus (Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive)

Pre Metro Operations Ltd

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF)

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Transport for London

Transport Wales (National Assembly for Wales)

Wensleydale Railway plc

Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway Company Ltd

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