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Licensing

Last updated 28 Apr 2026

The Gauge Intelligence public archive is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Commercial use of archive data falls into five licence categories, set out below. Methodology is never paywalled, and a paid licence never buys gentler editorial treatment.

Quick summary

You can read, share, and cite everything in this archive for free, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. Credit Gauge Intelligence and link back.

If you use the data commercially, you need a licence. There are five categories. Find the one that matches your use:

  • A freight operating company tracking its own Schedule 8 position: the FOC licence.
  • A port or terminal monitoring inbound arrivals: the Monitoring licence.
  • A consultancy or anyone redistributing the data to third parties: the Consultancy / redistributor licence.
  • An industry body or operator working with Gauge Intelligence on a published series: the Partnership licence.
  • A journalist, academic, or analyst quoting the archive in a non-commercial publication: the Citation licence, which is free and needs no contract.

If you are unsure which applies, ask.

The three firm rules

These hold across every category and never change.

  1. Methodology is never paywalled. Calculation methods, data sources, and processing logic stay open so that any reader can verify or reproduce a figure independently.
  2. No soft coverage for licensees. A paid licence never buys gentler editorial treatment. The public record reports the same figures regardless of who pays.
  3. No redistribution. Archive data may not be repackaged or redistributed to third parties without a redistribution licence.

Public archive licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Every published report, figure, and commentary in this archive is free for non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0. No application is needed.

Non-commercial use includes academic research and teaching, journalism and media reporting, regulatory reference and policy analysis, personal analysis, and citation in non-commercial publications. If you only need to quote the archive, that is the free Citation licence.

CC BY-NC 4.0 terms

The following terms apply to all content in the public archive.

Attribution. When sharing or adapting archive content, cite Gauge Intelligence and link to the original material. A suitable attribution line:

Source: Gauge Intelligence, gaugeintelligence.co.uk

You may not suggest that Gauge Intelligence endorses your use of the material.

NonCommercial. You may not use archive content for commercial purposes without a commercial licence. See the categories below.

ShareAlike. Remixes, transformations, or adaptations of archive content must be distributed under CC BY-NC 4.0 or a compatible licence.

No additional restrictions. You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that restrict others from doing anything the licence permits.

Commercial categories

Five categories cover every commercial use. Prices are set by scope of use; ask for terms.

FOC licence

For a freight operating company tracking its own Schedule 8 financial position period-to-date. This category includes the live FOC Schedule 8 console.

The console is a live operations product computed from the national NROD feed. It is not a view of the archive: it updates continuously from TRUST train movement data and shows the current period as it develops.

The daily scan tracks current exposure against the rate that operators pay Network Rail at CP7 prices (see the CPI indexation methodology). A P-band threshold indicator shows whether the period is on track to exceed the escalation threshold. Use this to forecast month-end exposure for settlement planning and period-end reporting. The console covers:

  • Exposure trajectory. Cumulative daily exposure time series for the current period, charted against the previous period.
  • NR-attributed claims. Delays at or above 60 minutes with headcode, route, delay minutes, counterfactual exposure, and DAPR cause code.
  • Dispute attribution. Divergences between Gauge Intelligence attribution and operator records, with estimated impact on your settlement position.
  • Settlement position. Amounts attributed, in dispute, and resolved.
  • Period brief. Printable summary for internal performance meetings: lead narrative, top claims, key findings; disputes exportable for your finance or commercial team.

Schedule 8 dispute management and settlement reconciliation are always commercial use, regardless of organisational type. Issued by arrangement; terms set by operator scope.

Monitoring licence

For a port or terminal operations team planning yard and ground-side resource against inbound rail freight. This category includes the live port and terminal arrivals board.

The arrivals board shows all inbound services by scheduled arrival, updated from live TRUST movements. Use this to allocate resource, anticipate late or cancelled arrivals, and track service reliability over time. It covers:

  • Expected arrivals: ETA projection from current train position, delay in minutes, operator and headcode, colour-coded by severity (normal, moderate, severe).
  • Arrived: actual against scheduled arrival, delay recorded.
  • Cancellations: reason code in plain English (regulatory, FOC decision, path loss, yard congestion, customer cancellation, and others).
  • A 28-day delay baseline for the terminal, for comparison with today’s arrivals.
  • Auto-refresh every 60 seconds when viewing today.

Terms set by terminal scope.

Consultancy / redistributor licence

The defining constraint: no redistribution to third parties without this licence. Archive data may not be repackaged, embedded in a client deliverable, or passed to a third party under any other category. If your business model puts Gauge Intelligence data in front of someone who is not you, this is the category you need.

It covers consultancy and advisory work that draws on the data, redistribution to clients or customers, embedding in commercial products or services, bulk data access or API consumption, and reselling or repackaging the data in any form.

Terms are set by the scope of redistribution and the audience reached.

Partnership licence

For an industry body, operator, or trade association working with Gauge Intelligence on a published series, a co-branded analysis, or a shared dataset. The public record stays independent: a partnership never buys soft coverage or influence over the figures. Terms are set by the scope of the joint work.

Citation licence (free, no contract)

Free. No contract. No contact needed.

If you are quoting the archive in a non-commercial publication — a paper, an article, a policy note, a presentation — proceed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Cite Gauge Intelligence and link back. The citation guide sets out preferred attribution formats. Academic and journalistic use needs no permission. If you need to confirm a specific use case is covered, ask.

Enquiries

Commercial licence enquiries. Email with a brief description of intended use, organisation type, the category you think applies, and whether you need archive data only, a live console or board, or redistribution rights. Prices are set by scope of use.

Academic and journalistic use does not require contact: proceed under the free Citation licence.

Email [email protected]. Replies within two business days.

Licences are issued by Dancing Text LTD.