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Network Rail Informal Governance Groups

Railway Industry Planning Group (RIPG)

The Railway Industry Planning Group (RIPG), chaired by Network Rail, has as its purpose railway industry input into the structure and development of the national railway strategic planning processes.

Its members are drawn from railway funders, operators and users, and the group meets quarterly to consider:

Rail industry liaison with regional and local government.
Regional (and Scotland and Wales) Planning Assessments.
Route Utilisation Strategies.
Specification of passenger operator franchises.
High Level Output Specifications and Network Rail's Strategic Business Plan.
Network Rail's Business Planning Criteria, Business Plan and Route Plans.

Network Rail Directors

Network Rail Current Board

Name Notes

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Non-executive chairman

Andrew Haines Chief executive

Jeremy Westlake Chief Financial Officer

Paul Plummer Group strategy director

Malcolm Brinded Non-executive director

Richard Brown Non-executive director reporting to the Transport Secretary

Sharon Flood Non-executive director

Chris Gibb Non-executive director

Janis Kong Non-executive director

Michael O'Higgins Non-executive director

Bridget Rosewell Non-executive director

Network Rail Previous Chairmen

Years Name

2002-2009 Sir Ian McAllister

2009-2012 Rick Haythornthwaite

2012-2015 Richard Parry-Jones

Network Rail Previous chief executives

Years Name Notes

2002-2007 John Armitt Previously chief executive of Railtrack 2001-2002

2007-2010 Iain Coucher Previously managing director 2002-2007

2010-2011 Peter Henderson Interim chief executive October 2010 - February 2011

2011-2013 Sir David Higgins Formerly ran High Speed 2

2013-2018 Mark Carne

Network Rail Overview

Network Rail Type: Government-owned company/non-departmental public body

(incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee without share capital)

Network Rail Industry: Rail infrastructure and asset management

Network Rail Predecessor: Railtrack

Network Rail Founded: October 2002, 21 years ago

Network Rail Successor: Great British Railways (from 2024)

Network Rail Headquarters: 1 Eversholt Street

London

NW1 2DN

Network Rail Key People:

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (chairman)

Andrew Haines (CEO)

Ric Scott (Highland Area LOM)

Network Rail Products: Public transport

Network Rail Revenue: £6.6 billion (2019)

Network Rail Owner: HM Government (Department for Transport)

Network Rail Number of Employees: 42,099 (2020)

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