Note of meeting between ORR and EWS
| Date | Fecha inválida |
| Section | EWS Regulation 29 appeal regarding HS1 |
EWS Appeal under Regulation 29 of the Railways Infrastructure (Access
and Management) Regulations 2005 – HS1 Charging
Meeting between EWS and ORR
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Attendees: ORR - Brian Kogan (BK), Bill Hammill, Neil Leedham (NL) and
Mary Chauhan, EWS - Graham Smith (GS) and Nigel Oatway (NO)
Agenda item 1 - Introduction
1. BK opened the meeting by introducing the attendees and explaining
that ORR would be making its decision on this appeal in line with its
usual transparent processes.
2. It was agreed that NL would take the minutes of this meeting and then
circulate these to all attendees, copying them to the other parties to the
appeal (DfT and London and Continental Railways/HS1), assuming
EWS was content for ORR to do so. In relation to this point, BK
explained that, in its consideration of the appeal, it would be difficult for
ORR to take into account some detail of the appeal that it would not be
able to disclose to all parties. GS confirmed that EWS would like to
review the minutes of this meeting before he would be content to
circulate them to the parties to the appeal.
Background to appeal
3. GS provided a detailed background to the appeal, which covered EWS’
current trans-European freight operations, its planned future usage of
HS1, the difficulties it has encountered in obtaining certainty in respect
of freight access charges for HS1 and the specific reasons for it
appealing to ORR (which are detailed in its original letter of appeal of
25 March 2008).
4. GS stated that this appeal was being made with the full knowledge of
DfT. GS further stated that the outcome EWS was seeking from this
appeal was for an effective and efficient process to emerge in terms of
dealing with freight charging issues on HS1 and to ensure that any
charging systems were compliant with UK and EU law.
5. NO explained that EWS had been aiming to put a framework
agreement in place for HS1 for some time and had been negotiating
this with Network Rail (CTRL) Ltd. No apparent problems had arisen
with the mechanics of this, although before discussions could move
much further forward two key issues needed to be addressed, firstly the
freight charging system for HS1 and, secondly, an affordable
performance regime for operating on HS1.
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