Competition

Deep Sea Container rail transport services - ORR consultation on modified commitments proposal

18 November 2015
Date published: 19 November 2015 Closing date: 27 November 2015 The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) opened a consultation on modified commitments proposed by Freightliner Group Limited and Freightliner Limited (Freightliner) to address its competition concerns in relation to Freightliner’s conduct in the provision of Deep Sea Container rail transport services between certain ports and key inland

Retail market review conclusions

7 September 2015
ORR’s Retail Market Review focused on who sells tickets, what tickets are sold, where and how tickets are sold, and the ticket format. We considered this from the point of view of the industry rules and practices that govern how all retailers (train operating companies (TOCs) and third party retailers) sell tickets.

Consultation on commitments proposed by Freightliner to address competition concerns

3 September 2015
Date published: 3 September 2015 Closing date: 1 October 2015 (17:00) The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) [currently operating as the Office of Rail and Road] opened a consultation on commitments proposed by Freightliner Group Limited and Freightliner Limited (Freightliner) to address ORR's competition concerns. This commitments proposal follows an ORR investigation under the Competition Act 1998

Review of the Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation Order 2009

18 December 2014
Date published: 19 December 2014 Closing date: 16 February 2015 In December 2014 we sought stakeholders' views on the operation of the Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation Order 2009 put in place by the Competition Commission (the CC) following its Rolling Stock Leasing market investigation. Passenger rolling stock represents both a key resource and a key cost to the rail industry (rolling

Retail market review - consultation on the potential impacts of regulation and industry arrangements and practices for ticket selling

3 September 2014
Date published: 3 September 2014 Closing date: 17:00 on 31 October 2014 The Retail Market Review, launched in early 2014, considers how regulation and industry practices and arrangements for ticket selling are facilitating choice and promoting investment and innovation in the best interests of passengers. In September 2014, we undertook a consultation to seek stakeholders' views on the materiality

Retail market review for selling tickets

19 February 2014
The purpose of the review is to consider how current regulation and industry arrangements and practices within the retail market are facilitating choice and, in particular, promoting investment and innovation in the best interest of passengers. Stakeholder workshop ORR's stakeholder workshop for the review of the rail retail market took place on 8 May 2014. The note and presentation slides below

Passenger rolling stock market study

14 January 2014
Market study with a view to deciding whether or not to make a market investigation reference to the Competition Commission re passenger rolling stock leasing market(s in 2006. On 28 June 2006, we received a detailed submission (the Complaint) from the Department for Transport (DfT) requesting us to refer the passenger rolling stock leasing market(s) to the Competition Commission (CC) for

Taxi access to railway stations market study

14 January 2014
We carried out a research study to find out whether the permits used by railway station operators to control taxi access to their stations were having a detrimental effect upon either passengers or competition. We looked at both of the main types of station 'taxis'. The first of these two types are 'hackney carriages' which are available for immediate hire at a rank or through being hailed in the
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