Discover more about the people who run Network Rail, our commitment to safety and sustainability and how we connect Britain through our infrastructure.
Our work keeps Britain moving. From maintaining and upgrading thousands of miles of track to delivering major infrastructure projects, we ensure the railway is safe, reliable, and sustainable.
Whether you're planning a journey or need station information, we can help. Discover everything from accessibility and safety to how we manage disruptions and support passengers.
We’re building a better railway for a better Britain—and we need passionate people to help us do it. Whether you're just starting out, changing direction, or looking to grow your career, we offer a wide range of opportunities.
We believe it’s important to be open and transparent. And below you’ll find a list of datasets that we proactively publish.
The information supplied to you through these pages and our Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) responses is done so under the Open Government Licence. You can find out more about this on our Freedom of Information page.
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About us
We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country’s economic prosperity. Here you can find out about us as a company; from our annual report and accounts, to information about our alliances and the property we own.
This document presents our annual expenditure data in a diagrammatic format.
Published annually in June, this document contains information relating to our performance in the last 12 months, our priorities, and how we operate as a company limited by guarantee. Alongside it you’ll find separate reports going back to 2003.
Our annual round-up of our operational performance, network capability, network availability, asset management, and what we’re doing to make the rail network better and safer. We’ve put data going back to 1999 in one place to help you see how things have changed over the last 13 years.
We’re delivering the biggest transformation of Britain’s railway in 150 years.
Our Railway Upgrade Plan is well underway, but it’s all part of an in-depth planning process between us, the Government, and consultation with industry partners. You can find out more about our plans below.
Here you can learn more about our senior leaders. You can discover who they are and what they do, as well as viewing information on external meetings and speeches.
Our board has overall responsibility for the strategic direction and financial performance of the company. It also oversees our day-to-day operation.
See related links to find out more about the board and its members.
Our leadership’s salaries are published in £5k bands on the GOV.UK website, as part of the Cabinet Office senior officials ‘high earners’ document.
This data is updated annually and can be downloaded from the GOV.UK website.
In this document, Network Rail employees are categorised under ‘Department for Transport’ in the ‘Parent Department’ column and under ‘Network Rail’ in the ‘Organisation’ column.’
This document incorporates our Executive and Non-Executive leadership team.
Here you can find out about the people that work for Network Rail. This includes information on the gender pay gap, volunteering, and equality, diversity & inclusion, along with financial information relating to overtime, salaries and incentive schemes.
Quarterly summaries of aggregate expenses claimed across Network Rail under our business expenses and travel policy.
When differences arise between us and our employees we hope to achieve a resolution that is fair to both parties. Where possible and appropriate we will seek to resolve any disputes outside the formal tribunal structure in order to minimise stress to our employees and avoid unnecessary legal costs. Settlement agreements provide a means by which a range of employment differences may be resolved sensitively and properly.
The railway is vital to Britain’s economy, creating jobs and business opportunities – and it’s a team effort between us, the rest of the rail industry and our contractors to help keep the economy on track. In this section find out more about who we do business with and how much we spend on procuring goods, services and payments relating to railway disruptions.
Running the railway requires us to work with a lot of suppliers. We need to work together and collaborate effectively in order to provide the best service possible.
In order to do this, we are providing future workbank visibility for all of our suppliers so that we can work better with them to review and smooth the workbank. And we have also signed up to the Prompt Payment Code and The Procurement Pledge which highlight the values and behaviours we want to embody.
Rail Data Marketplace (RDM) is the central platform for finding and sharing rail data. It brings together rail data sources and related services in one place. It offers a simple and open way to share data from across the rail sector and beyond.
We own and manage some of Britain’s biggest and busiest railway stations, from Glasgow Central to Bristol Temple Meads. Find out more about our stations in this section, including footfall stats, retail figures and information on lost property.
Quarterly summaries of station concourse footfall at our managed stations.
The footfall data captures the numbers of people entering and exiting our stations.
Delivering punctuality and reliability is our commitment to the passenger. It’s important to us to get this right, and to be able to account for how we’re doing to our customers and our regulators. In this section, find out more about performance, delays, timetabling and incidents.
The railway stretches across most of Britain and impacts millions of lives. It contributes to the country’s economic and social development, bringing jobs, transport links and other benefits to local communities.
Safety is our foremost priority in operating the railway. That’s why we have a robust series of metrics that we use to ensure we’re doing everything we can to ensure the overall safety of passengers, workforce and the public. Find out more below.
Detail of carbon emissions, including gas and electricity use by region and at our managed stations.
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Our Safety Central website is used to promote health and safety best practice within the rail industry.
It’s important to us to make the right decisions, behave in a way that our colleagues and customers would expect, and be transparent about the business we conduct. In this section you can find out about business ethics declarations, our Transparency Strategy, and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
This document contains information about our Speak Out (whistleblowing) service; how many calls we receive each period, what categories they relate to, and the percentage of calls made anonymously.
Details of our Freedom of Information (FOI) performance in terms of timeliness – i.e. the percentage of requests which we have responded to within the statutory time frames can be found under ‘Performance’ on the Freedom of Information page.
You can also read about the legislation, learn how to make an FOI request or view a sample of our responses on the Freedom of Information page.
For information about how we process personal information, you can view our Privacy Notice here.
We have a number of operational data feeds available to developers. By providing access to these feeds, we hope to encourage the development of new products of interest to those who use the railway. Find out more about our open data feeds.
Please also find our Open Data service report below that covers the operational support of the service. This report will be updated periodically.
We're continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation representative of the passengers we serve We are becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users. To do this it...
There are around 6,000 level crossings across our rail network which we look after through a programme of inspection, maintenance, renewal, and upgrades. Level crossings range from rural footpath crossings where the responsibility is on...
Delivering punctuality and reliability is our commitment to the passenger It’s important to us to get this right, and to be able to account for how we’re doing to our customers, and our regulators. We...
We work hard with train operators to run a punctual and reliable train service for passengers. To ensure that this happens, we need to continually maintain, renew and enhance the rail network. We aim to undertake...
We support charities in a variety of ways – from employee fundraising and payroll giving to volunteering, station collections and gifts in kind to our local charity partners. Suicide Prevention and Mental Health We’re doing...
