# The Railways (Crossrail Services) Exemption Order 2015

S.I. 2015/239 · made 11 February 2015

This Order grants an exemption from the franchising requirements in section 23 of the Railways Act 1993 to concessionaires of Transport for London (TfL) and their subsidiaries. This exemption relates to any railway passenger service which a concessionaire operates on the Crossrail routes, being routes between Reading and Heathrow through central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood.

Made under: Railways Act 1993 (Section 24)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015/pdf/uksi_20150239_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015/pdf/uksiem_20150239_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Transport
Made 11th February 2015
Laid before Parliament 18th February 2015
Coming into force 31st May 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) and 24(2) of the Railways Act 1993, makes the following Order.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Railways (Crossrail Services) Exemption Order 2015 and comes into force on 31st May 2015.

## 2 Interpretation

In this Order—
“concession agreement” means an agreement entered into by a TfL company under which another person agrees to provide a railway passenger service for that TfL company;
“TfL company” means Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries; and
“TfL concessionaire” means, in respect of a railway passenger service provided for a TfL company, the person who has agreed by a concession agreement to provide that service.

## 3 Franchise exemption

Exemption from designation under section 23(1) of the Railways Act 1993 (passenger services to be subject to franchise agreements) is granted to each TfL concessionaire in respect of any railway passenger service operated by that concessionaire on a route specified in the Schedule or part of that route.

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Claire Perry
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
11th February 2015

## The specified routes

Reading station to London Paddington station (via Hayes and Harlington station).
Heathrow station to London Paddington station (via Hayes and Harlington station).
London Paddington station to London Liverpool Street station (via Tottenham Court Road station).
London Liverpool Street station to Shenfield station (via Whitechapel station).
London Liverpool Street station to Abbey Wood station (via Whitechapel station).

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order grants an exemption from the franchising requirements in section 23 of the Railways Act 1993 to concessionaires of Transport for London (TfL) and their subsidiaries. This exemption relates to any railway passenger service which a concessionaire operates on the Crossrail routes, being routes between Reading and Heathrow through central London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood.
This exemption from the requirement for these railways passenger services to be provided under a franchise agreement is granted as part of the transfer of responsibility for the operation of these services from the Secretary of State for Transport to TfL.
An impact assessment has not been produced, because no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen. An Explanatory memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/239 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-crossrail-services-exemption-order-2015
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