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List of references to the Access Dispute Resolution Committee

from 1995 until 14.04.05

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Last updated 10 February 2009

Ref’ce no.	PDF File	Date	Reference from	Subject
AD1 [and AD2]		04.12.95	North West Regional Railways [and South Wales & West Railway]	Application of Part G of the Access Conditions
AD3		13.12.95	North West Regional Railways and Railtrack	Delay Cause attribution: Stone throwing at trains.
AD4		21.02.96	ScotRail Railways and Railtrack	Compensation payable due to closure by flooding of the Argyle Line, Dec.94-Sept.95
AD5		(June 96)	Anglia Railways Train Services and Railtrack	Schedule 4 Possessions Allowance (settled out of court)
AD6		4 & 17 Oct.96	South Wales & West Railway and Railtrack	Validity of Rights of South West Trains to route four Waterloo-Salisbury services via Southampton
AD7		(Dec. 96)	Great Western Trains [suspended pending further dialogue between the parties; and subsequently withdrawn]	Major Stations Qualifying Expenditure Charges for 1996/97
AD8		07.01.97	North London Railways and Railtrack	Interpretation of "Network Letter" dated 29.3.96: (particularly clauses B6/B7)
AD9		07.01.97	North London Railways and Railtrack	Application of Schedule 4
AD10		13.01.97	ScotRail Railways and Railtrack	Relocation of snowploughs
			[no determination issued: the Committee advised the parties to conduct proper dialogue and, if appropriate, refer any differences to the Network and Vehicle Change Committee]
AD11		13.01.97	ScotRail Railways and Railtrack	Rail Adhesion
AD12		11.02.97	CrossCountry Trains and Railtrack	Moderation of Competition: (SW&W proposed through trains Manchester-Penzance and Portsmouth-Liverpool)
AD13		20/21/27. 10.97	Connex South Central	Schedule 8 Performance Regime
AD14		21.01.98	Great Eastern Railway, Anglia Railways, WAGN and LTS Rail	Station Access Charges at London Liverpool Street Station 1995/96
AD15		11.03.98	Great Eastern Railway and Railtrack	Rules of the Plan, East Anglia Zone: differential timings at London Liverpool St. Station
AD16		08.05.98	Central Trains and Railtrack	Schedule 8 Performance Regime Attribution of delays arising from a fatality on the track at a station
AD17		14.07.99 [Initial hearing]	Northern Spirit	Schedule 4 Compensation for Temporary Speed Restriction allowances.
			At the initial hearing the Committee took the view that the matter had not yet been properly discussed by the parties; it asked the parties to conduct further dialogue, and, if any matters remained unresolved, to submit a fresh (joint) reference. The Committee’s determination was appealed to Arbitration – see A10 – but the parties then settled the matter between themselves.
		06.04.00 [second hearing]	Northern Spirit and Railtrack (joint reference)	Reference resubmitted as a joint reference in February/March 2000; hearing took place on 6th April after which a determination was issued
AD18 [Joint]		24.06.99	North Western Trains and Railtrack	Schedule 4: Engineering Allowances The Committee’s determination was appealed to Arbitration – see A4 for Award.
AD19		initially notified on 28.05.99; Hearing on 4.4.00	Connex South Eastern and Railtrack	Station Access Conditions: Responsibility for settlement of charges arising out of a leak from the water supply to Ramsgate station.
AD20		(June 99)	Central Trains and Railtrack	Depot Access Condition H5: Increased lease charge at Tyseley depot. (settled out of court)
AD21		04.10.00 & 18.10.00	South West Trains (and Connex South Central)	Station Access Conditions: Payment of charges in respect of a number of stations
AD22		(Nov. 00)	Railtrack (and English Welsh & Scottish Railway)	Permission to use the Network (settled out of court)
AD23		28.03.01	West Anglia Great Northern	Schedule 8 of Track Access Agreement with Railtrack Passenger’s Charter Indemnity The Committee’s determination was appealed to Arbitration – see A11 – but the parties then settled the matter between themselves.
AD24		14.02.01	South West Trains (and Thameslink Rail)	Station Access Conditions: Payment of charges in respect of a number of stations
AD25		(Mar. 01)	Railtrack (and Connex South Eastern) STAYED pending resolution of reference NV5	Liability for payment of costs associated with introduction of new vehicles
AD26		(Apr. 01)	Silverlink Train Services (and Railtrack plc)	Passenger’s charter indemnification under paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 (settled out of court)
AD27		19.12.01& 28.1.02	Great Eastern Railway (and Railtrack plc)	Interpretation of Schedule 8
AD28		17.09.02	Thameslink Rail (and others)	Qualifying Expenditure at four Railtrack Major stations
AD29		24.04.03	Great Eastern Railway	Interpretation of Schedule 8
AD30		(Feb. 03)	Maintrain	Dispute with GNER over terms of a Depot Access Agreement (settled out of court)
AD31		(Apr. 03)	Anglia Railways	Dispute over delay attribution; deferred while parties sought guidance from the Delay Attribution Board; subsequently … (withdrawn by the referrer)
AD32		18.06.03	English Welsh & Scottish Railway	Application of cordon caps for coal trains on the GSW route Adjourned for further information, but EWS then withdrew reference
AD33		(Feb. 04)	West Coast Trains	Replacement of Air Conditioning Units - Euston 1^st Class lounge (settled out of court)
AD34		(Feb. 04)	West Coast Trains	Availability of watering facilities at Carlisle (settled out of court)
AD35		(Mar.04)	Great Eastern Railway	Retail Telecommunications at Liverpool Street The parties were directed to seek mediation. The process of mediation was successfully concluded in 2005.
AD36		(Mar.04)	Thames Trains	Reimbursement of costs of Retail Telecommunications carried out on behalf of Network Rail; the parties were directed to seek mediation. The process of mediation was successfully concluded in early April 2005.
AD37		(Mar.04)	Thames Trains	Retail Telecommunications at Gatwick Airport and Paddington Stayed pending the outcome of mediation on references AD35 and AD36 and subsequently settled by the parties themselves
AD38		(Apr.04)	Arriva Trains Wales and Network Rail Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP7 – see reference ADP7 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Allocation of Delay minutes The parties were instructed to seek guidance from the Delay Attribution Board. This was obtained on 8 March 2005; Network Rail did not accept the advice and subsequently referred the matter for resolution pursuant to the ADRRules.
AD39		5.10.04	Great Eastern Railway and Network Rail	Delay Attribution arising from a fire at Colchester
AD40	ORR's appeal determination	10.01.05 & 15.02.05	Silverlink Train Services	Part L of the Network Code: Local Output Commitments The Committee’s determination was appealed to the Office of Rail Regulation. In December 2005 ORR delivered its judgment upholding the decision of the ADRC
AD41 [ADP1]		(Oct.04)	Central Trains Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP1 – see reference ADP1 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Part L of the Network Code: Local Output Commitments STAYED pending the outcome of the appeal to the ORR against determination AD40; and then withdrawn by the referrer
AD42 [ADP2]		(Oct.04)	Wessex Trains Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP2 – see reference ADP2 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Part L of the Network Code: Local Output Commitments STAYED pending the outcome of the appeal to the ORR against determination AD40; and then withdrawn by the referrer
AD43 ADP3		01.06.05	Thameslink Rail Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP3 – see reference ADP3 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Compensation for unplanned possessions: flooding in Kings Cross (Thameslink) tunnel Hearing took place on 01.06.05 in front of an Access Disputes Panel
AD44 [ADP4]		(Mar.05)	First ScotRail Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP4	Part L of the Network Code: Local Output Commitments (settled out of court)
AD45 [ADP5]		(Mar.05)	Eurostar (U.K.) Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP5 – see reference ADP5 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Part L of the Network Code: Local Output Commitments STAYED pending the outcome of the appeal to the ORR against determination AD40; and then withdrawn by the referrer
AD46 [ADP6]		(Jan.05)	Network Rail (and Silverlink Train Services) Re-registered on 15.04.05 as ADP6 – see reference ADP6 on the Access Disputes Committee site	Independent Station Access Conditions: Payment of Access Charges in respect of Euston Station (settled out of court)