Freight Track Access Contract: Schedules

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Schedule 5: the Services

Rule, clause or Condition	Determination	Date of Hearing	Points made within Determination (Verbatim extracts given in Italics, or between “quotes”)
2.4 “Spot Bid Services”	TTP257	January 2009	“17. The Panel took cognisance of the fact that FL was currently operating Train Slots 4R60/61 as Spot Bid Services. Network Rail grants the right to operate such Spot Bid Services by virtue of the Offer that it makes in response to a Spot Bid (in conformity with Condition D4.5). However, under the terms of paragraph 2.5 of Schedule 5 to FL’s Track Access Contract the right to operate Spot Bid Services is time constrained (“The duration of any Spot Bid Services shall not exceed six months”). This limit applies even if the Spot Bid in question has been described as a “rolling Spot Bid”; this is a “custom and usage" term that has no defined contractual status. ” (TTP257)