Network Rail Control Periods
Network Rail Control Periods are the 5-year timespans into which Network Rail, the owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain, works for financial and other planning purposes. Each Control Period begins on 1 April and ends on 31 March to coincide with the financial year. These periods were inherited from Railtrack, so that the earlier ones are retrospective, and not necessarily of 5 years duration.
As Network Rail is responsible for developing and maintaining railway infrastructure, the Control Periods are used to decide priorities for investment. Infrastructure developments have taken place or are planned as follows:
Control Period 3 (CP3): 2004–2009
CP3 included the following work:[1]
- Additional express services from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Improved interchange at Gourock
Control Period 4 (CP4): 2009–2014
CP4 includes the following work as part of the Enhancements Programme:
Control Period 5 (CP5): 2014-2019
CP5 includes:[2]
- London Bridge station redevelopment
- Completion of Borders Railway
- East West Rail Link from Oxford to Bedford
- Electrification from London Paddington to Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford and Newbury
- Electrification from Bedford to Kettering and Corby
- Electrification of Transpennine line to Leeds
- Electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line
- Electrification of Leeds - York & Selby lines
- Electrification and station redevelopment Bromsgrove railway station
Control Period 6 (CP6): 2019-2024
No plans for the Control Period 6 have yet been made.
Control Period 7 (CP7): 2024-2029
No plans for the Control Period 7 have yet been made.
Control Period 8 (CP8): 2029-2034
No plans for the Control Period 8 have yet been made.
References
- ↑ "Scottish Ministers' High Level Output Specification" (PDF). Transport Scotland. July 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ "PR13 Initial Industry Plan Supporting Document: Definition of proposed CP5 enhancements" (PDF). Network Rail. September 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
3. http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/transport-and-highways/transport-schemes/bromsgrove-rail-station.aspx last reviewed 16 April 2014 at 12:13. The page is next due for review 13 October 2015. Accessed 15/07/14