Factors for Customer Teams to consider
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1) Can the timetable accommodate these rights?
2) Do these rights pose a risk E.g. safety?
3) Are rights being sought on parts of the network
that are, or are at risk of, being declared
congested?
4) Have all the relevant routes been consulted?
5) Are there competing aspirations for the rights
being sought? e.g. Track Access Option?
(Time taken for the iteration process will
depend on the extent and scope of changes
proposed)
Operator seeks to negotiate new/amended
access rights and opens discussions with
Network Rail Customer Team
Operator and Network Rail conduct
pre-application meetings with each
other and affected stakeholders
Can the Customer Team support the
application?
Yes
Does a SoAR derogation apply?
No
No
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Operator submits Section 17/
22a application to ORR
Operator arranges 28 day
industry consultation and
responds to any issues raised
(14 day review)
No
Yes
Paper on Network Rail’s
response presented to
SoAR Panel
Does Operator still wish to
seek new/amended rights?
Paper presented to SoAR Panel in parallel
to continued negotiations with Operator and
other stakeholders
Rejected
Network Rail responds
to consultation
Paper to note passed to SoAR
Panel
Rejected due to not all factors having been
considered. Paper to be resubmitted.
SoAR decision?
Authorised
Authorised subject to further
information being provided
Customer Team and Operator to provide
required information
Operator submits Section 18/22
application to ORR
Operator arranges 28 day industry
consultation and responds to any
issues raised (14 day review)
ORR decides whether to approve/
reject new/amended access rights
Yes