Friends of the Barton Line

A further section of the franchise agreement has been released by the government and is viewable here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537465/northern-franchise-agreement.pdf

 

Arriva Rail North must be Tembers of the CRP until the branch is transferred to the East Midlands franchise.

 

The only other section of significant relevance to us that I have found concerns the transfer to the East Midlands franchise. I have copied it below:

"

Barton-on–Humber Transfer

19.7 The Franchisee shall, from the Barton-on-Humber Transfer Date and at the request of the Secretary of State:

(a)assign, novate or surrender its rights under the Station Leases applicable in respect of the following Stations. The terms of any such assignment, novation or surrender shall be as set out in paragraph 3.2 of Schedule 2.2 (Security of Access Agreements, Rolling Stock Leases, Station and Depot Leases). For the avoidance of doubt, any request by the Secretary of State as contemplated in this paragraph 19.2(b) shall not amount to a Change:

(i) Barrow Haven;

(ii)Barton-on-Humber;

(iii)Goxhill;

(iv)Great Coates;

(v)Grimsby Docks;

(vi)Harbrough;

(vii)Healing;

(viii)New Clee;

(ix)New Holland;

(x)Stallingborough;

(xi)Thornton Abbey; and

(xii)Ulceby; and

(b)from the date of any such assignment, novation or surrender of rights, the aforementioned stations shall cease to be Stations for the purposes of the Franchise Agreement. The Franchisee shall not object to any application made

by the EMT Franchisee under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement to become the Lead Operator in respect of the Compulsory Inter-available Flows comprised in the Proposed Start Date Franchise Remapping described in paragraph 19.1(a)(i).

19.8The provisions of paragraphs 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of Schedule 15.1 (Reletting Provisions) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the proposed remapping of the passenger services contemplated under paragraph 19.2(b) and the transfer of the Stations as required under paragraph 19.7 as if the proposed remapping and transfer were a reletting of the Franchise Agreement.

19.9The Franchisee shall co-operate and engage constructively with the Secretary of State and the EMT Franchisee in relation to the proposed remapping of the passenger services contemplated under paragraph 19.2(b) and the transfer of the Stations as required under paragraph 19.7.

19.10 Class 153 Vehicle

(a)By no later than the Barton-on-Humber Transfer Date the Franchisee shall, as contemplated in note E of table 1 (Original Rolling Stock) set out in Schedule 1.7 (The Train Fleet), cease to lease one Class 153 rolling stock vehicle used by it for the provision of the passenger services (“Class 153 Vehicle”).

(b) The Franchisee shall ensure that any Rolling Stock Lease in relation to the Class 153 Vehicle entered into as at the Start Date are on terms which allow it to comply with the requirements of paragraph 19.10(a) without the need to obtain any further consent or approval of the lessor under such Rolling Stock Lease."

I'm not sure if this is new or not, but the current anticipated transfer date is 4th March 2018. I could be making this up, but I had thought the remapping was going to take place in 2017

"specifies that the Franchisee shall cease to be responsible for the provision of the Passenger Services between Barton-on-Humber and Cleethorpes from the date of commencement of the EMT Franchise (such date currently anticipated to be 01:59 on 4 March 2018)"