Consultation outcome

Heathrow rail infrastructure: consent to obtain recover operational costs

• From: Office of Rail and Road
• Published: 4 December 2017
• Last updated: 16 July 2018 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

A summary of responses and decision letter, which grants approval for the request, were released on 21 May and 16 July 2018.

Detail of feedback received

We continue to review responses to this consultation. We expect to issue a response in 2018.

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Original consultation

Summary

Application by Heathrow Airport to increase a levy for a 10 year period to recover operational costs of their rail infrastructure.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
1 December 2017 to 11:59pm on 7 January 2018

Consultation description

The Office of Rail and Road are asking for views on Heathrow Airport’s application to obtain a recovery of costs incurred in operation of the Heathrow rail infrastructure. The application is to levy this mark-up for a 10 year period, beginning on 1 January 2019.

General practice is that charges for:

• the minimum access package
• access to service facilities

must be set at the cost directly incurred as a result of operating the train service. However an infrastructure manager may levy an additional mark-up to obtain full recovery of the costs incurred.

Published 4 December 2017
Last updated 16 July 2018 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2018

   Summary of responses added.

2. 4 December 2017

   First published.