Network Rail
Network Rail Limited is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. It is a public body and reinvests its income in the railways.
| Company limited by guarantee | |
| Industry | Railway infrastructure provision |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman Andrew Haynes Chief Executive Peter Henderson – Group Infrastructure Director Ron Henderson - Group Finance Director |
| Products | Public transport |
| Revenue | £6.6 Billion (2020)[1] |
| Owner | HM Government |
Number of employees | 42 000 (2020) |
| Website | www.networkrail.co.uk |
Network Rail's main customers are the passenger train operating companies (TOCs), and freight operating companies (FOCs), which both run services on the company's infrastructure.
It is set to be integrated into a new publicly-owned railway company Great British Railways upon its planned establishment in 2027.
Stations
Network Rail owns more than 2,500 stations. It leases out most of its stations to the main train operating company serving that station. 20 stations are currently managed directly by Network Rail.
- Birmingham New Street
- Bristol Temple Meads
- Clapham Junction
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Glasgow Central
- Guildford
- Leeds
- Liverpool Lime Street
- London Bridge
- London Cannon Street
- London Charing Cross
- London Euston
- London King's Cross
- London Liverpool Street
- London Paddington
- London St Pancras International
- London Victoria
- London Waterloo
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Reading
Network Rail Media
GB total rail subsidy 1985–2019 (in 2018-19 prices), showing a short decline in subsidy after privatisation, followed by a steep rise following the Hatfield crash in 2000 then a further increase to fund Crossrail and HS2 development.
Blackfriars Railway Bridge with photo-voltaic roof panels
Sign showing the Network Rail name on the signal box at Ledbury
Royal Albert Bridge after refurbishment by Network Rail
Network Rail's Coventry leadership development centre, Westwood.
Rail Passengers in Great Britain from 1829 to 2021, showing the early era of small railway companies, the amalgamation into the "Big Four", nationalisation and finally the current era of privatisation.
2013 Rail fatalities per billion passenger-km in European countries.
The breakdown crane from Cardiff Canton (96715) in the west headshunt of Fairwater Yard, Taunton, after it had rerailed the High Output Track Relaying Train which had come off the line at the other end of the yard.
Railgrinder for switches and crossings
