The Office of Rail Regulation is the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways.

Licence exemptions granted 2001-2003

All licence exemptions granted by ORR are available in hard copy from the Office of Rail Regulation's library at rail.library@orr.gsi.gov.uk. Electronic copies are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files below.

Key

* -denotes exemptions with an insurance condition

Abbreviations

LMD - Light maintenance depot.
Heritage - Includes the operation of all railway assets, i.e.: Passenger Train, Non-passenger train, LMD, Station, Network.
Terminal - network is usually secure (gated/controlled access/fenced) from both the national network and adjoining property.

2003

Number

Exemption title

Date exemption made

Date exemption came into force

No. 1 Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2003 6 Feb 2003 6 Feb 2003
No. 2 Jarvis Fastline Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2003
(now Fastline–change of name 8/11/04)
7 Feb 2003 7 Feb 2003
No. 3 *Edmund Nuttall Limited Licence Exemption 2003 12 Mar 2003 12 Mar 2003
No. 4 English Welsh & Scottish Railway Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2003 - Revoked 26 October 2004 28 Mar 2003 28 Mar 2003
No. 5 East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited Licence Exemption 2003 (Heritage) 28 Aug 2003 29 Aug 2003
No. 6 *DMQA Technical Services (UK) Limited Licence Exemption 2003 19 Sep 2003 19 Sep 2003
No. 7 The Potter Group Limited Licence Exemption 2003 1 Oct 2003 1 Oct 2003
No. 8 Guardian Industries UK Limited Licence Exemption 2003 17 Oct 2003 17 Oct 2003

2002

Number

Exemption title

Date exemption made

Date exemption came into force

No. 1 Freightliner Limited Light Maintenance Depot Licence Exemption (Wentloog) 2002 12 Feb 2002 18 Feb 2002
No. 2 W H Malcolm Limited Network Licence Exemption 2002 (Terminal) - Revoked 10 Oct 2008 9 Apr 2002 9 Apr 2002
No. 1 Associated British Ports Licence Exemption 2002 (Terminal) (Network, non-passenger and LMD) - Revoked 19 Dec 2007 12 Apr 2002 12 Apr 2002 
No. 3 *Certas PLC Licence Exemption 2002 - Revoked 21 May 2004 9 Aug 2002 9 Aug 2002
No. 4 *Owen Williams Railways Limited Licence Exemption 2002 3 Sep 2002 3 Sep 2002
No. 5 Victa Railfreight Limited Licence Exemption 2002 (Terminal) (Network, non-passenger and LMD) 19 Dec 2002 19 Dec 2002

2001

Number

Exemption title

Date exemption made

Date exemption came into force

No. 1 Creative Logistics Ltd Licence Exemption 2001 (Terminal) (Network, train and LMD) 17 Jan 2001 17 Jan 2001
No. 2 GrantRail Ltd (LMD) Licence Exemption 2001 18 Jan 2001 18 Jan 2001
No. 3 Vale of Glamorgan Council Licence Exemption 2001 (Heritage) - Revoked 1 April 2004  9 Feb 2001 9 Feb 2001
No. 4 Epping Ongar Railway Holdings Ltd Licence Exemption 2001 (Heritage) 28 Feb 2001 28 Feb 2001
No. 5 Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd Licence Exemption 2001 (Heritage)
No network operations - covered by a licence granted on the same date.
15 Mar 2001 15 Mar 2001
No. 6 *Carillion Construction Ltd (non-passenger train) Licence Exemption 2001 - Revoked 23 January 2003 11 Apr 2001 11 Apr 2001
No. 7 The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Network Licence Exemption 2001 (port network) 8 Jun 2001 8 Jun 2001
No. 8 Bristol Harbour Railway Licence Exemption 2001 (Heritage) - Revoked 30 May 2007 6 Aug 2001 6 Aug 2001
No. 9 TNT UK Limited Licence Exemption 2001 (Network/non-passenger trains) - Revoked 11 August 2003 6 Dec 2001 6 Dec 2001