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

Licence exemptions granted 1999-2000

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.

2000

Number

Exemption title

Date exemption made

Date exemption came into force

No. 1 North Tyneside Steam Railway Licence Exemption 2000 (Heritage) 2 Feb 2000 2 Feb 2000
No. 2 *Gamble Trackline Services Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 2000 7 Apr 2000 7 Apr 2000
No. 2 Blue Circle Plc (Network Siding) Licence Exemption 2000 (Network) 1 Jun 2000 1 Jun 2000
No. 3 *John Mowlem & Company Plc (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 2000 28 Jun 2000 28 Jun 2000
No. 4 *Balfour Beatty Rail Maintenance Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 2000 - Revoked 14 January 2003 28 Jun 2000 28 Jun 2000
No. 5 Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2000 28 Jun 2000 28 Jun 2000
No. 6 *Birse Construction Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 2000 4 Jul 2000 4 Jul 2000
No. 7 AHC (Warehousing) Limited (Network) Licence Exemption 2000 (Terminal) 30 Aug 2000 30 Aug 2000
No. 8 *Serco Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 2000 7 Sep 2000 7 Sep 2000
No. 9 Keith & Dufftown Railway Association Licence Exemption 2000 (Heritage) 14 Sep 2000 14 Sep 2000
No. 10 The Potter Group Limited Licence Exemption 2000 (Terminal) (Network, train and LMD) 14 Sep 2000 14 Sep 2000
No. 11 Tenterden Railway Company Limited Licence Exemption 2000 (Heritage) (now called The Kent and East Sussex Railway Company Ltd, change of name 24/12/2003) 2 Nov 2000 2 Nov 2000
No. 12 GT Railway Maintenance Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2000 2 Nov 2000 2 Nov 2000
No. 13 Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 2000 1 Dec 2000 1 Dec 2000

1999

Number

Exemption title

Date exemption made

Date exemption came into force

No. 1 Corby Rail Services Limited Licence Exemption 1999 (Network) 12 Feb 1999 12 Feb 1999
No. 2 *Jackson Civil Engineering Limited (Non-Passenger) Licence Exemption 1999 - Revoked 21 July 2003 20 May 1999 21 May 1999 
No. 3 *Geoffrey Osborne Limited (Non-Passenger) Licence Exemption 1999 26 May 1999 27 May 1999
No. 4 *May Gurney (Construction) Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 1999 4 Jun 1999 5 Jun 1999
No. 5 Not issued    
No. 6 Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust Licence Exemption 1999 (Heritage) (No LMD operations) 30 Apr 1999 1 May 1999
No. 7 Rail Management Services Ltd (Meldon Quarry Station) Licence Exemption 1999 - Revoked 22 March 2004 28 May 1999 29 May 1999
No. 8 *W.A. Developments Limited (Non-Passenger) Licence Exemption 1999 27 Aug 1999 28 Aug 1999
No. 9 *J Murphy & Sons Limited (Non-passenger) Licence Exemption 1999 22 Oct 1999 22 Oct 1999
No. 10 Docklands Light Railway Limited Licence Exemption 1999 (Network passenger train, non-passenger train and station) 19 Nov 1999 19 Nov 1999
No. 11 Freightliner Limited (Light Maintenance Depot) Licence Exemption 1999 10 Dec 1999 10 Dec 1999