REVIEW INITIATION NOTICE
NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO UNDERTAKE AN ACCESS CHARGES REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 1C OF SCHEDULE 4A TO THE RAILWAYS ACT 1993
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 Railfreight 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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