ORR publishes Model Contract for Connection Agreements
25 July 2005
ORR/31/05
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today published a model contract for connections between railway facilities, such as those between Network Rail’s network and freight facilities or heritage railways.
The model contract sets out simply and clearly the rights and obligations of the parties in respect of the ongoing maintenance of connections between two railway networks. It is flexible enough to be applied to a wide range of different types of connection, from complex and busy connections such as those to freight terminals, to basic and infrequently used connections such as those to self-contained heritage railways. It will also bring connection contracts into line with the other model contracts ORR has produced for passenger and freight track access agreements.
ORR consulted interested industry parties on a draft model connection contract in July 2004. An industry seminar was held in October of that year, and ORR consulted further on the charging and liabilities provisions in April 2005. The final policy conclusions and model connection contract set out in the document published today reflects the views expressed by the industry.
Notes for editors:
- Final conclusions - Model Contract for Connection Agreements published 25 July 2005.
- Connection agreements are access agreements subject to approval by ORR under the Railways Act 1993 (as amended) which also provides for the use of model contracts such as this.
- Model connection contract: a consultation document, Office of Rail Regulation, July 2004.
- Responses to the consultation document.
- The April 2005 consultation letter on charging and liabilities and the responses from consultees are available.
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