Consultation outcome

Competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain

Published 17 July 2015
Last updated 8 March 2016 — see all updates

• From: Competition and Markets Authority

This consultation has concluded

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Consultation responses

PDF, 815KB, 89 pages

Detail of outcome

The CMA has published its final policy document about competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain.

Feedback received

Arriva

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 6.01MB, 12 pages

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Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 226KB, 7 pages

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Campaign for Better Transport

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 148KB, 4 pages

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Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

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CNMC

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Department for Transport

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FirstGroup

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Jukka Rannila

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Michael Schabas - FCP Rail Consultants

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 20.7MB, 14 pages

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Mid-Wales Transportation Partnership

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 515KB, 4 pages

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Mike Garratt - MDS Transmodal Ltd

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 5.98MB, 7 pages

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Network Rail

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 70.9KB, 9 pages

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Newark Business Club

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Office of Rail and Road

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 217KB, 9 pages

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Peninsula Rail Task Force

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 69.3KB, 5 pages

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Powys County Council

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Professor Chris Nash

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 127KB, 3 pages

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pteg

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Regutrain

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RDG

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RMT

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Scottish Association for Public Transport

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SEStran

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Sherborne Transport Action Group

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Stagecoach

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Steven Oakley

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The Railways Consultancy Ltd

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 588KB, 13 pages

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Tony Lodge - Centre for Policy Studies

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 210KB, 3 pages

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Torbay Line Rail Users Group

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 143KB, 1 page

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Transport Focus

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 262KB, 7 pages

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Transport for Greater Manchester

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Transport for London

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Transport Scotland

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Which?

Published: 8 March 2016 PDF, 131KB, 3 pages

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Detail of feedback received

Responses to the consultation have been published. See the passenger rail services case page for further responses following the ORR’s impact assessment.

Original consultation

Summary

A consultation on the possibilities for greater competition between passenger rail operators in Great Britain.

This consultation ran from
11am on 17 July 2015 to 11:59pm on 15 October 2015

Consultation description

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting responses on 4 possible options for reform, as set out in our discussion document:

• Option 1 – retaining the existing market structure, but with significantly increased open access operations
• Option 2 – 2 franchisees for each franchise
• Option 3 – more overlapping franchises
• Option 4 – licensing multiple operators, subject to conditions

These are the options which we consider are most likely to bring benefits to passengers on the 3 main intercity routes: the East and West Coast main lines and the Great Western route.

This is a long-term project. We don’t expect these proposals to be implemented until 2023 at the earliest, so as to protect the rights of current franchisees and current and imminent franchise tender processes.

Documents

Summary of discussion document

PDF, 492KB, 29 pages

Competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain: discussion document

PDF, 2.44MB, 163 pages

Appendices

PDF, 1.31MB, 16 pages

Published 17 July 2015
Last updated 8 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 8 March 2016 Responses to consultation published.
2. 17 July 2015 First published.