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About Network Rail

We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.

Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.

As of 1 April 2021, Network Rail’s Board comprises:

Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair
Andrew Haines, chief executive
Jeremy Westlake, chief financial officer
Rob Brighouse, senior independent director
Michael Harrison, non-executive director
Silla Maizey, non-executive director
Mike Putnam, non-executive director
David Noyes, non-executive director
Fiona Ross, non-executive director
Mark Bayley CBE, non-executive director
Ismail Amla, non-executive director
Stephen Duckworth OBE, non-executive director