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ORR proposed 66% cut in freight access charges on HS1 could boost use

Rhodri Clark
18 October 2024
Built for Eurostar services, HS1 is now used mainly by the javelin trains of Southeastern
Built for Eurostar services, HS1 is now used mainly by the javelin trains of Southeastern
 

The Office of Rail and Road is proposing that access charges for freight on High Speed 1 – the Channel Tunnel Rail Link – should be more than halved in the next control period, after it determined that most of the fixed costs currently allocated to freight were better defined as common costs.

If implemented, the change could result in more freight travelling on HS1, which was built to the standard European structure gauge (UIC GC). This gauge is more generous than the usual gauge on...

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