Network Rail - Railway Infrastructure Operator, United Kingdom

System:

Registered office

40 Melton Street, London NW1 2EE

Revenue (year ended 31/03/07)

£5,795m

Operating costs (y.e. 31/03/07)

£3,517m

Infrastructure renewal/improvement: (y.e. 31/03/07)

£3.3bn

Net debt at 31/11/07

£18.9bn

Route distance

10,300 miles (16,576km)

Gauge

1435mm

Electrification

approx. 40% of network

Electrification systems

25kV ac (64%) and 650/750V dc (36%)

Stations

2,500 – mostly managed by train operating companies

Stations directly managed by Network Rail

Bridges and tunnels

40,000

Passenger journeys (2006):

1.15 billion

Passenger/km (2006)

45.6 billion

Privately-owned company since de-Nationalisation in 1995

A not-for-profit commercial enterprise, surpluses reinvested in network

Major funding from Government, train operator access charges and property

Policy of returning maintenance from contractors to 'in house'

In-house maintenance, with contracts for renewals and free-standing projects

Directly manages small proportion of stations, but with high passenger usage