Hanson & Hall Rail Services Solutions (Charter) 23 December 2024
Date | Fecha inválida |
Section | Decisions on new, agreed contracts (section 18) |
Track Access Contract (Charter Passenger
Services)
(1) Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
(2) Hanson & Hall Rail Services Solutions Limited
Dated 18th December 2024
Contents
1. Interpretation ............................................................................................................................... 1
2. Network Code .............................................................................................................................. 6
3. Conditions precedent and duration ............................................................................................. 6
4. Standard of performance ............................................................................................................. 7
5. Permission to use ........................................................................................................................ 8
6. Operation and maintenance of trains and Network ..................................................................... 9
7. Track Charges and other payments ..........................................................................................10
8. Liability .......................................................................................................................................10
9. Not used ....................................................................................................................................11
10. Liability - other matters ..............................................................................................................11
11. Restrictions on claims ................................................................................................................11
12. Governing law ............................................................................................................................13
13. Dispute resolution ......................................................................................................................13
14. Confidentiality ............................................................................................................................15
15. Assignment and novation ..........................................................................................................16
16. Payments, interest and VAT ......................................................................................................16
17. Force Majeure Events ...............................................................................................................18
18. Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................20
19. Transition ...................................................................................................................................23
Schedule 1 ..............................................................................................................................................25
Schedule 2 ..............................................................................................................................................26
Schedule 3 ..............................................................................................................................................27
Schedule 4 ..............................................................................................................................................28
Schedule 5 ..............................................................................................................................................29
Schedule 6 ..............................................................................................................................................33
Schedule 7 ..............................................................................................................................................38
Schedule 8 ..............................................................................................................................................51
Schedule 9 ..............................................................................................................................................67
Schedule 10 ............................................................................................................................................69
1
This Contract is made the Eighteenth day of December 2024
Between:
(1) Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company registered in England under number
2904587 having its registered office at Waterloo General Office, London, SE1 8SW ("Network
Rail"); and
(2) Hanson & Hall Rail Services Solutions Limited, a company registered in England under
number 11376408 having its registered office at Unit 5b Aireworth Mills, Aireworth Road,
Keighley, United Kingdom, BD21 4DH (the "Train Operator").
Background
(A) Network Rail is the owner of the Network; and
(B) The Office of Rail and Road has issued a general approval that permits Network Rail to grant
to the Train Operator permission to use the Network on the terms and conditions of this contract.
It is agreed as follows:
1. Interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In this contract unless the context otherwise requires:
"Access Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Part A of the Network Code;
"access charges review" has the meaning ascribed to it by Schedule 4A to the Act;
"Access Dispute Resolution Rules" and "ADRR" have the meaning ascribed to them in
Part A of the Network Code;
"Act" means the Railways Act 1993;
"Affected Party" has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 17.1;
"Affiliate" means, in relation to any company:
(a) a company which is either a holding company or a subsidiary of such company; or
(b) a company which is a subsidiary of a holding company of which such company is also
a subsidiary,
and for these purposes "holding company" and "subsidiary" have the meanings ascribed to them
in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
"Ancillary Movements" has the meaning ascribed to it in Part D of the Network Code;
"Applicable Engineering Access Statement" means the Engineering Access Statement in
force in respect of the Routes on the Effective Date as from time to time amended or replaced
under Part D of the Network Code;
"Applicable Timetable Planning Rules" means the Timetable Planning Rules in force in
respect of the Routes on the Effective Date as from time to time amended or replaced under
Part D of the Network Code;
"Applicable Timetable" has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule 8;
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