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]

Control Period 4 (CP4): 2009–2014

CP4 included the following work as part of the Enhancements Programme:

Control Period 5 (CP5): 2014-2019

CP5 includes:[2]

CP5 is running over budget and some projects are to be delayed. In July 2015, Sir Peter Hendy was appointed Chairman of Network Rail "and asked by the Secretary of State to conduct a thorough review of the enhancement programme in England & Wales to see what can be delivered in an affordable and timely way within the funding period to 2019".[4] (Table 37 of the report lists the reviused work programme for CP5). Additionally, Dame Colette Bowe will investigate how future investment programmes could be implemented better.[5]

Control Period 6 (CP6): 2019-2024

No plans for the Control Period 6 have yet been made, other than those works that were originally slated for CP5 that the Hendy Review (p37) announced are to be slipped to CP6.[4] The Periodic Review 2018 (PR18) will establish outputs and funding for Control Period 6.[6]

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.

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