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Train Operating Companies: Contracts

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 December 2025UIN 94299

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 88878 on Train Operating Companies: Contracts, what is a GBR model access contract what its key terms and conditions are, and how it differs from existing rail track access agreements.

Answered by Keir Mather

As part of GBR’s new role in determining access to its network, GBR will develop and issue Model Contracts. This will set the rights and obligations between an operator and GBR for the use of GBR's network. The provisions of the model contracts must be consistent with requirements in legislation and GBR’s AUP.

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