EWS HS1 appeal letter of response supplying further information that ORR needs to take into account
| Date | 25 January 2008 |
| Section | EWS Regulation 29 appeal regarding HS1 |
310 Goswell Road
London EC1V 7LW
Tel : +44 (0)870 1407010
Fax :+44 (0)20 7713 2310
Neil Leedham
Executive Track Access
Office of Rail Regulation
1 Kemble Street
London WC2B 4AN
25 April 2008
Dear Neil,
APPEAL UNDER REGULATION 29 OF THE RAILWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE
(ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2005 – RAIL FREIGHT
CHARGING SYSTEM AND LEVEL OF ACCESS CHARGES FOR THE HIGH
SPEED 1 RAILWAY
Thank you for your letter dated 4 April 2008 on the above matter and for
arranging the subsequent meeting at your offices on 14 April 2008 to enable
English Welsh & Scottish Railway Limited (‘EWS’) explain to the Office of Rail
Regulation (‘ORR’) the circumstances surrounding its appeal dated 25 March
2008. I also thank you for your letter dated 17 April 2008 allowing EWS an
extension of a week to respond to the contents of your 4 April 2008 letter.
The purpose of this letter is:
• to confirm the matters set out in regulation 29(2) of the Railways
Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 (‘the
Regulations’) upon which EWS’s appeal is based; and
• to supply further supporting information that EWS wishes ORR to take
into account when considering the appeal.
1. Matters upon which EWS’s appeal is based and other related information
1.1. EWS’s appeal concerns the High Speed 1 Railway (‘HS1’) and is made
pursuant to regulation 29 of the Regulations and in particular the matters set out
in:
• regulation 29(2)(d) ‘the charging scheme and charging system
established in accordance with regulation 12’; and
• regulation 29(2)(e) ‘the level or structure of infrastructure fees, the
principles of which are prescribed in Part 4 and Schedule 3, which it is, or
may be, required to pay’.
1.2. EWS made its appeal because it feels aggrieved and frustrated that after
discussing the issue of the charging system and the level of charges in respect of
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