West Midlands Trains Limited 13 December 2024
| Date | 13 December 2024 |
JonathanRodgers
SeniorExecutive,Access&Licensing
E-mail:
13 December 2024
Akaash Bhandari
Scott Turner
Franchise and Access Support Manager
Network Access Manager
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
West Midlands Trains Ltd
2nd Floor, Baskerville House
134 Edmund Street
Centenary Square
Birmingham
Broad Street
B3 2ES
Birmingham
B1 2ND
Dear Akaash and Scott
Approvalof the 37thsupplementalagreement tothe track access
contract betweenNetwork RailInfrastructureLimited(NetworkRail)and
West Midlands Trains Limited(WMT) dated15May 2019
We have today approved the above supplemental agreement submitted to us formally on 9
December 2024 under section 22 of the Railways Act 1993 (the Act). This follows an
earlier informal submission of a draft agreement for our consideration.
ORR’s approval of this applicationallows WMT to operate its December 2024 timetable on
its services between Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe.
ORR's Guidance, for submitting access applications, states that Passenger operators
should aim to have rights approved by ORR before a timetable is published, to align with
Network Code contractual timescales. This ensures services with access rights can be
reflected in the timetable at least 12 weeks inadvance (T12). This underpins passengers’
confidence to buy advance purchase tickets. These timescales were not met. Failure to
adhere to the prescribed timescales increases the risk of adverse outcomes for
passengers and industry. Industry cannot collectively continue to prepare for timetable
change at such late notice.
Head Office:25 Cabot Square, London E14 4QZT: 020 7282 2000 orr.gov.uk
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