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Consultation outcome: Periodic review 2023 of Network Rail: draft determination

Office Of Rail Road

October 31
14:35 2023

The Office of Rail and Road has published its PR23 final determination, which includes its overall decisions on Network Rails outputs and funding for control period 7 (2024 to 2029).

Read the full outcome on ORRs website.

Detail of feedback received

The Office of Rail and Road published responses to this consultation on 31 October 2023.


Original consultation

Summary

Assessment of Network Rails plans with respect to its operation, support, maintenance and renewal of the national rail network in control period 7.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

The Office of Rail and Roads (ORR) periodic review process is one of the principal mechanisms by which it holds Network Rail to account and secures value for money for users and funders of the railway.

ORRs focus during the 2023 periodic review (PR23) has remained on:

  • safety
  • performance
  • asset sustainability
  • efficiency

Consultation themes

  • it sets out ORRs views on Network Rails plans for spending 44.8 billion for Britains rail network (40.0 billion for England and Wales, 4.8 billion for Scotland) from April 2024 to March 2029 - the period known as control period 7 (CP7)
  • ORRs assessment identifies that while Network Rails plans largely deliver against government priorities, a greater focus is needed on train performance and renewing core assets
  • better train performance will benefit passengers and freight customers, while core assets like track, structures and earthworks need to be resilient, especially with the challenges presented by climate change

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