Price controls

Our final determination sets out our overall package of decisions for the periodic review 2013 (PR13).

Our long-term regulatory statement – 'Opportunities and Challenges for the Railway' – discusses how our regulation may develop in line with the changing shape of the industry, and identifies priorities for the growth and sustainability of Britain's railways. Railways have been a major success story for the past decade. Passenger demand is at the highest ever and freight numbers are growing. This

A programme of international fact-finding visits was conducted during the summer and autumn of 2007 to a number of railway administrations in Europe, North America and Australia. This study tour was part of our work on the 2008 Periodic Review, which will determine the regulated outputs and access charges for the five year control period (CP4) between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2014. To be able to

The 2008 Periodic Review (PR08) set the outputs that Network Rail must deliver, and the level of access charges paid by train operators for use of the infrastructure from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2014, or control period 4 (CP4).

How we'll monitor Network Rail 2014-2019

The decisions we've made will help the railway to grow in a sustainable way which minimises the costs to taxpayers, passengers and freight customers.