Licence exemptions

Where a proposed operation falls within the scope of the Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005, you will need to apply for a licence and/or SNRP. We cannot grant exemptions under these regulations.

We may grant exemptions from the obligation to hold a licence under the Railways Act 1993. The Railways Act 1993 enables the Secretary of State to grant exemptions to a particular class or description of persons as well as to individual applicants.

We are only able to grant exemptions to individual applicants, although these may be in respect of particular specified assets or classes of assets.