Closed consultation

Connection contracts: amending our general approval to include novations

• From: Office of Rail Regulation
• Published: 30 September 2014

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Summary

We are seeking views on extending the general approval to include the novation of connection contracts based on Office of Rail Regulation's template.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
30 September 2014 to 11:45pm on 28 November 2014

Consultation description

The target audience for this consultation is anyone who holds a connection contract with Network Rail or is likely to in future. This includes owners of rail-freight terminals, ports, industrial sites, certain heritage railways, as well as freight and passenger train operators.

When a facility owner novates a connection contract it transfers the rights and obligations of that contract to another facility owner. Connection contracts govern the maintenance and operation of connection points, that is where 2 networks meet.

Published 30 September 2014