Office of Rail and Road ORR railway station catering market study (8970C)
16 Junho 2023 - 3:00AM
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Office of Rail and Road
16 June 2023
ORR launches railway station catering market study
16 June 2023
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today launched a market
study into railway station catering.
Railway stations are commercially attractive locations for
retailers. Conservative estimates suggests that passenger spending
is well in excess of GBP1 billion per annum and, as rail passenger
numbers recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we expect this to be
reflected in footfall at rail station retail outlets.
We want to make sure that the market is working as well as
possible for passengers. As part of its study to understand
potential issues, including barriers for new entrants, ORR has
started to gather intelligence on the structure of the market, the
effectiveness of competition and outcomes for consumers. ORR has
therefore invited submissions from interested parties on the issues
raised in the two documents it has published today.
The Statement of Scope and Market Study Notice documents include
further details on the subject matter of this study and timing.
Written submissions on the market study should be emailed to
cateringstudy@orr.gov.uk by 7 July 2023.
Grahame Horgan, ORR's head of competition, said:
"As consumers across the country are affected by the rising cost
of living, we want to ensure that passengers are getting affordable
food and beverages when using station facilities. It is important
that the railway industry gives consumers good value for money and
improves their journey experience."
Notes to editors
1. ORR is the independent economic and safety regulator for the
railways in Great Britain, and the monitor of performance and
efficiency for England's motorways and trunk roads.
2. We keep the provision of railway services under review and
monitor the competitive situation in rail services markets. ORR
holds powers concurrently with the Competition and Markets
Authority (the CMA) to apply competition law in markets relating to
the supply of services relating to railways.
3. Market studies are one of a number of tools at our disposal
to examine possible competition issues within a certain market or
markets in the railways sector and address them, if appropriate.
Previous market studies undertaken by ORR include:
-- Market study into the supply of signalling systems,
-- Market study into the supply of automatic ticket gates and ticket vending machines .
4. ORR also has general statutory duties that it considers
before taking the decision to launch a market study.
5. Conservative estimates suggest that passenger spending from
Great Britain station catering is well in excess of GBP1 billion
p.a. This is at Network Rail managed stations alone, which
collectively account for c. 20% of GB mainline total entries and
exits. The estimate is also based on catering at stations in
general so might be wider than the scope of this study which
focuses on ready to eat/drink food and beverages.
6. Great Britain rail stations are owned and managed by Network
Rail or managed by publicly funded train operators.
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