Directions Contract
| Section | Decisions on new, agreed contracts (section 18) |
EXECUTION VERSION
Access Contract (Freight Services)
In relation to the Metro Shared Network
between
(1) Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive
(2) DB Cargo (UK) Limited
Dated 2022
Contents
1.
Interpretation ............................................................................................................................... 1
2.
Metro
Network Code
....................................................................................................................
9
3.
Conditions
precedent
and
duration
.............................................................................................
9
4.
Standard of
performance ...........................................................................................................11
5.
Permission to
use ......................................................................................................................11
6.
Operation
and maintenance
of
trains
and the Metro
Shared Network ......................................12
7.
Track Charges
and
other
payments
..........................................................................................15
8.
Liability
.......................................................................................................................................15
9.
Not
Used
....................................................................................................................................15
10.
Liability
- other
matters ..............................................................................................................15
11.
Restrictions
on claims
................................................................................................................15
12.
Governing law
............................................................................................................................18
13.
Dispute resolution
......................................................................................................................18
14.
Confidentiality
............................................................................................................................20
15.
Assignment
and
novation
..........................................................................................................23
16.
Payments,
interest
and
VAT
......................................................................................................23
17.
Force
Majeure
Events ...............................................................................................................25
18.
Miscellaneous
............................................................................................................................28
Schedule
1
..............................................................................................................................................33
(Contact
particulars)
...............................................................................................................................33
Schedule
2
..............................................................................................................................................34
(Information to
assist
submitting an
Access Proposal or
Train
Operator
Variation Request)
................34
Schedule
3
..............................................................................................................................................36
(Collateral
agreements)
..........................................................................................................................36
Schedule
4
..............................................................................................................................................37
(Variations
to Services)
........................................................................................................... ...............37
Part
1
......................................................................................................................................................37
(General Provisions)
...............................................................................................................................37
Part
2
......................................................................................................................................................41
(Compensation for
notification before
the Possession Notice
Date)
......................................................41
Part
3
......................................................................................................................................................44
(Processes
and compensation for
notification
after
the Possession Notice Date).................................44
Part
4
......................................................................................................................................................46
(Restrictions
of
Use before Possession Notice Date)
............................................................................46
Part
5
......................................................................................................................................................47
(Service
Variation)
..................................................................................................................................47
Part
6
......................................................................................................................................................48
(Not
Used)
..............................................................................................................................................48
Part 7 ......................................................................................................................................................48
(Late
Notice Actual Costs
Claims)
..........................................................................................................48
Schedule 5 ..............................................................................................................................................52
(Services)................................................................................................................................................52
Annex
1...................................................................................................................................................58
(Rights
Table)
.........................................................................................................................................58
Schedule
6
..............................................................................................................................................59
(Events
of
Default,
suspension
and
termination)
...................................................................................59
Schedule
7
..............................................................................................................................................65
(Track Charges
and
other
payments)
.....................................................................................................65
Appendix
1 ..............................................................................................................................................69
(Access Sum for
an Assumed Train Consist).........................................................................................69
Schedule
8
..............................................................................................................................................71
(Performance
regime)
.............................................................................................................................71
Appendix
1 ..............................................................................................................................................80
Not
used
.................................................................................................................................................80
Appendix
3 ..............................................................................................................................................82
Performance
Statements
........................................................................................................................82
Schedule
9
..............................................................................................................................................84
(Limitation on liability)
.............................................................................................................................84
Schedule 10............................................................................................................................................87
(Metro Network Code) ............................................................................................................................87
Schedule 11............................................................................................................................................92
(Schematic Diagrams of the Metro Shared Network) .............................................................................92
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