Question follow-through · 90807
Train Operating Companies: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that track access charges for operators outside Great British Railways remain based on the direct operating costs incurred by the infrastructure manager.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that track access charges for operators outside Great British Railways remain based on the direct operating costs incurred by the infrastructure manager.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
Clause 64 of the Bill sets a clear legal requirement for charges to be set at the cost that is directly incurred to cover the operating costs incurred by the GBR, subject to exclusions on discounts and mark-ups. GBR will establish a charging framework tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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