Access and licensing

This page contains depot access applications and decisions made under sections 17 or 22A of the Railways Act 1993.

All documents related to competing applications received from passenger operators.

This page contains all Core Valley Lines (CVL) track access application consultations, decisions, consolidated agreements, and the CVL charging framework. It also contains information on the CVL Network Code, including details of any approved modifications to the Code, and our consultations on a network licence for the operator of the network.

Our decisions on amendments to contracts where Network Rail and the train operator were in agreement.

A network statement is an annual publication that each major UK network operator must produce.

All documents related to competing applications received from freight operators.

This page contains notices of consent issued since 2020.

This guidance sets out our approach to regulating track access.