In our charges and incentives consultation, published in December 2016, we encouraged an industry-led approach to the re-calibration of Schedules 4 and 8 in PR18. To help start this process we hosted a series of regular meetings to agree with industry the approach for recalibrating each aspect of the regimes.
There are separate passenger, freight and charter Recalibration Working Groups to account for the significant differences in their regimes. The Working Groups are comprised of representatives from Network Rail and operators and also include wider stakeholders, including governments.
ORR organised and hosted Working Group meetings until June 2017; subsequent meetings have been led by industry. The table below summarises what was discussed in each of the ORR-led meetings.
Meeting | Schedule 4 | Schedule 8 |
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Meeting 1 for passenger and freight operators 15 February 2017 |
Plan for the re-calibration Priorities for Schedule 4 re-calibration |
Plan for the re-calibration Priorities for Schedule 8 re-calibration |
Meeting 2 for freight operators 27 February 2017 |
'Balance' in the freight regime Network Rail and freight operator payment rates | |
Meeting 2 for passenger operators 10 March 2017 |
RDG project plan for Schedule 8 re-calibration Monitoring point weightings and cancellation minutes Network Rail and passenger operator benchmarks | |
Meeting 3 for passenger operators 10 April 2017 |
Plan for re-calibration Bus replacement costs Train mileage costs Contractual wording |
Governance of re-calibration ITT for phase 1 of re-calibration |
Meeting 3 for freight operators 28 April 2018 |
Payment rates and funding of freight Schedule 4 regime Contractual wording |
Network Rail and freight operator payment rates Network Rail and freight operator benchmarks |
Meeting 4 for passenger operators 15 May 2017 |
ACS calculation Bespoke compensation and Sustained Planned Disruption (SPD) Contractual Wording What has been agreed on Schedule 4 Next steps for the Re-calibration Working Group |
Sustained Poor Performance (SPP) What has been agreed on Schedule 8 Next steps for the Re-calibration Working Group |
Meeting 4 for freight operators 27 June 2017 |
What has been agreed on Schedule 4 Next steps for the Re-calibration Working Group |
What has been agreed on Schedule 8 Next steps for the Re-calibration Working Group |
Meeting for charter operators 27 June 2017 |
Network Rail and charter operator payment rates Network Rail and charter operator benchmarks Annual caps Incident caps Next steps for the Re-calibration Working Group |
The slides presented at each ORR-led working group meeting are available below. The meeting notes (prepared by ORR and agreed by the relevant working group summarising the key actions and decisions agreed in the meeting) are also available below.
Meeting notes
Schedule 4&8 Re-calibration Working Group – Note summarising ORR led meetings
Meeting for Charter operators
Schedule 4 & 8 charter operator re-calibration working group meeting note - 27 June 2017
Slides on Schedule 8 re-calibration - 27 June 2017
Meeting 4 for Freight operators
Schedule 4 & 8 freight re-calibration working group meeting note - 27 June 2017
Slides on Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration: Key points of agreement so far - 27 June 2017
Meeting 4 for Passenger operators
Slides on Schedule 4 re-calibration - 15 May 2017
Slides on Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration: Key points of agreement so far - 15 May 2017
Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration working group meeting note – 15 May 2017
Meeting 3 for Freight operators
Schedule 4 & 8 freight re-calibration working group meeting note - 28 April 2017
Slides on Schedule 8 re-calibration: Benchmarks in the freight regime - 28 April 2017
Slides on Schedule 4 re-calibration - 28 April 2017
Meeting 3 for Passenger operators
Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration working group meeting note - 10 April 2017
Slides on Schedule 4 re-calibration - 10 April 2017
Meeting 2 for Passenger operators
Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration working group meeting note - 10 March 2017
Slides on Schedule 8 re-calibration: Benchmarks in the passenger regime - 10 March 2017
Meeting 2 for Freight operator
Schedule 4 & 8 freight re-calibration working group meeting note - 27 February 2017
Slides on freight Schedule 8 re-calibration - Payment rates in the freight regime - 27 February 2017
Meeting 1 for Passenger and Freight operators
Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration working group meeting note - 15 February 2017
Slides for Schedule 4 & 8 re-calibration working group - 15 February 2017