Consultation outcome

Network Rail: updates to the financial framework for ORR's 2018 periodic review

• From: Office of Rail and Road
• Published: 20 December 2017
• Last updated: 27 March 2018 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The ORR has published its response to this consultation.

Following on from this consultation, on 31 October 2018 the Office of Rail and Road published its Periodic review 2018: final determination.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on financial issues relating to Network Rail for Office or Rail and Road's 2018 periodic review.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 14 December 2017 to 5pm on 18 January 2018

Consultation description

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is seeking feedback about the financial issues concerning Network Rail for its 2018 periodic review (PR18) including:

• the possibility of new funding arrangements for some enhancement projects and the implications for the financial framework
• different approaches to setting the cost of capital for Network Rail
• ways of managing the financial risks that could affect Network Rail and its financial sustainability (including at route-level)
• the design of:
  • appropriate financial incentive mechanisms
  • effective arrangements to assess Network Rail’s financial performance and hold it to account

Published 20 December 2017
Last updated 27 March 2018 + show all updates

1. 27 March 2018

   ORR has published response to this consultation.

2. 20 December 2017

   First published.