The Railways (Crossrail Services) Exemption Order 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.