Decision letter
| Date | 20 October 2020 |
| Section | Decisions library |
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Head Office: 25 Cabot Square, London E14 4QZ T: 020 7282 2000 www.orr.gov.uk
David Reed
Senior Executive, Access & Licensing
Telephone: 020 7282 3754
Email: david.reed@orr.gsi.gov.uk
20
October 2020
Mark Garner
Customer
Manager
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
George Stephenson House
York
YO1
6HP
Andy Wylie
Head of Regulation
Hull Trains Company Limited
4th Floor, Capital House
25 Chapel Street
London
NW1 6DU
Dear Mark and Andy,
Approval of the nineteenth supplemental agreement to the track access
contract between Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and Hull Trains
Company Limited
1. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today approved the nineteenth
supplemental agreement to the track access contract between Network Rail Infrastructure
Limited (Network Rail) and Hull Trains Company Limited (Hull Trains), submitted to us
formally on 19 October 2020 under section 22 of the Railways Act 1993 (the Act).
This follows an earlier informal submission of a draft agreement for our consideration.
This letter explains our decision.
Purpose of the agreement
2. This agreement provides a three-year extension to Hull Trains’ track access
contract, from the Principal Change Date in December 2029 to the Principal Change Date
in December 2032.
3. Hull Trains applied for the extension in order to continue the security of the
investments made possible via the previous duration of rights. The Covid-19 pandemic has
resulted in a financial impact to the business and the extension will return the overall
business plan assumptions relating to its investment in new class 802 rolling stock to those
submitted to ORR and granted for the previous contract term.
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