Form R29 – application in respect of Central Terminals Area and Heathrow Terminal 4 stations comprised in the Heathrow Rail Infrastructure
| Section | Transport for London appeal under regulation 29 and complaint under regulation 30 of the Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations |
R29
Form
STATIONS ACCESS
Application to ORR on appeal under Regulations 29 and 301 of the
Railway Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005
1. Introduction
This form should be used to apply to ORR (as the appointed regulatory body) for the determination
of an appeal under regulation 29 of the Railway Infrastructure (Access and Management)
Regulations 2005 in respect of access to a terminal or port (as defined in regulation 6) or services
(as defined in regulation 7). This form sets out our standard inform ation requir ements for
considering appeals under regulation 29. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read ORR’s
guidance document setting out how it intends to assess such appeals2 before making an
application.
Where t he level of acc ess or s ervice provision sought falls entirely within the scope of section 17
or 22A of the Railways Act 1993 (the Act) an applicant must, in accordanc e with regulation 29(3),
lodge the appeal under the relevant section. Where the matter of the appeal falls outside the
scope of directions which may be sought under sections 17 or 22A of the Act, the applicant
seeking the right to use a railway facility or procure a service must lodge an appeal by using this
form.
As ORR intends to limit itself, as far as possible, to making a determination based only upon the
information presented by the parties rather than undertaking any extensive res earch of its own, it
is very important that this application contains as many relevant details as possible.
A copy of this form in Word format, and of our guidance note on the appeals process, can be
accessed electronically and downloaded via the ORR website at http://www.rail-
reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.249, or on disc or CD-Rom from ORR.
1 TfL notes that the ORR does not have a pr escr ibed form f o r a complaint under Regulation 30 of the Regulations. TfL has theref ore
incorporated its Regulation 30 c omplaint w ithin this Regulation 29 application.
2 Guidanc e on Appeals to OR R under the Rai lways Infrast ructure (Access and Management) Regulati ons 2006, Off ic e of Rail
Regulation, March 2006
OFFICE OF RA IL REGULATION 1
Company Transport for London ("TfL")
Contact individual: Howard Smith
Job titl e: Operations Director, Crossrail
Addre ss: 25 Canada Square, London E14 5LQ
Tele phone number: 0203 197 5976
E-mail address: HowardSmith@crossrail.c o.uk
TfL (the applicant) is one of the sponsors of the Crossrail project. TfL or a railway undertaking
nominated by TfL, currently TfL's concessionaire MTR Corporation (Cros srail) Limited ("MTR
Crossrail") intends to operate the train services to Heathrow Airport utilising the Heathrow Rail
Infrastructure. MTR Cross rail holds a valid train operating European pass enger licence (with
GB Statement of National Regulatory Provisions) under the Railway (Licensing of Railway
Undertakings) Regulations 2005 and also has an accepted safety certific ate under The
Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006.
TfL is a body or undertaking with public or c ommerc ial interest in procuring infrastruc ture
capacity on the Heathrow Rail Infrastruc ture as required of an applicant by Regulation 3 of the
Railways Infrastruc ture (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 ("t he Regulations").
Once T fL has secured the terms of access to the Heathrow Rail Infrastruc ture, it will procure
that a railway undertaking nominated by TfL (currently MTR Cross rail) will enter into station
acc ess arrangem ents consis tent with t hose term s.
2. The application
Title of agreement:
Contact details (company and named individual for queries):
Licence and railway safety case
Please state whether the applic ant intends to operate the services itself or have them operated on
its behalf.
Please state whether the propos ed operator of the services:
(a) holds a valid train operating European licence or a licence under section 8 of the Act or an
exemption under section 7; and
(b) has an ac cepted railway safety case under the Railways (Safety Case) Regulations 2000.
If the ans wer to (a) or (b) is no, please s tate the point which that person has reached in their
obtaining of the licence, exemption or railway safety case (as the case may be).
Station access arrangements for ac cess to the Heathrow Rail Infrast ructure (being the railway
infrastruct ure (including stations) which forms part of the spur from the Great Western Main Line to
Heathrow Airport).
OFFICE OF RA IL REGULATION
2
Name of facility or service:
Access to the stations com prising the Heathrow Rail Infrastructure
Facility owne r: Heathrow Airport Limited ("HAL")
Contact individual:
Simon Earles
Job titl e:
Planning and Surface Access Director
Addre ss:
The Compass Centre,
Nelson Road, Hounslow,
Middlesex TW6 2GW
Tele phone number: 0844 335 1801
E-mail address:
simon_earles@heathrow.c om
3. The proposed agreement
Details of facility or service to which access is requested:
OFFICE OF RA IL REGULATION 3
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