Licence exemptions E-K

All licence exemptions granted by ORR are on the pubic register. Electronic copies of current exemptions are available for download as Adobe Acrobat PDF files below.

Abbreviations
LMD A light maintenance depot where services such as refuelling and cleaning trains takes place, and other frequent light maintenance work.
Heritage The operation of low frequency, non-mainline passenger services and assets, usually on a preserved railway line.
Network A railway line or combination of lines and installations, functionally separate from the national network.  The network is usually operated within a fenced or controlled access territory.
Contractor A rail maintenance company which undertakes track maintenance and repair, usually on behalf of Network Rail.  Maintenance activities usually take place within engineering possessions using Rail Mounted Maintenance Vehicles (RMMVs).

Exemption title Description Date exemption came into force
East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited Heritage 29 August 2003
Eden Valley Railway Company Limited Heritage 07 April 2006
Electro-Motive Services International Limited LMD 22 August 2008
The Elsecar Steam Railway Heritage 26 April 2004
Epping Ongar Railway Holdings Limited Heritage 28 February 2001
Fastline Limited (formerly Jarvis Fastline Limited) LMD 07 February 2003
Forest of Dean Railway Limited Heritage 02 June 1995
Fountains Support Services Limited (formerly Fountain Forestry Limited)  Contractor 25 April 1997
Freightliner Limited (Light maintenance depot - Wentloog) LMD 18 February 2002
Freightliner Limited (Light maintenance depot) LMD 10 December 1999
Freightliner Limited (Light maintenance depot) LMD 29 January 1998
Freightliner Maintenance Limited LMD 19 October 2007
Freightliner Railports Limited (Doncaster International Railport) Network 25 March 2008
Gamble Rail Limited Contractor 22 May 2008
GB Railfreight Limited LMD 29 March 2007
GBL & Sons Limited Contractor 30 July 2009
Geoffrey Osborne Limited Contractor 27 May 1999
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway plc Heritage 01 March 2004
Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Limited Heritage 15 March 2001
Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Limited Heritage 16 June 1995
Great Northern & East Lincolnshire Railway plc Heritage 11 May 1998
Guardian Industries UK Limited Network 17 October 2003
Gwili Railway Company Limited Heritage 22 June 2007
Homegrown Timber (Rail) Limited Contractor 21 July 2009
Hydrex Equipment (UK) Limited Contractor 16 December 2009
J Murphy & Sons Limited Contractor 22 October 1999
Jarvis Rail Limited (formerly Northern Infrastructure Maintenance Company Limited) LMD 04 February 1996
Jarvis Rail Limited (formerly Northern Infrastructure Maintenance Company Limited) LMD 01 May 1996
Jerich (UK) Network 28 September 2005
John G Russell (Transport) Limited Network 22 April 2009
Keith & Dufftown Railway Association Heritage 14 September 2000
The Kent and East Sussex Railway Company (formerly Tenterden Railway Company Limited) Heritage 02 November 2000
Kier Construction Limited Network 23 May 2005
Kilbride Properties (Swindon) Limited (Railway Goods Terminals) Network 13 February 2008

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