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Network Rail Stations

Network Rail owns more than 2,500 railway stations, divided into six categories. Management and operation of most of them is carried out mostly by the principal train operating company serving that station, however, in a few cases the train operating company does not serve the station. For example, Hinckley is served by CrossCountry, but it is managed by East Midlands Railway. As of April 2018, Network Rail manages 20 stations directly, with Clapham Junction and Guildford becoming managed stations on 1 April 2018.

The Stations Network Rail Operate Are:

Network Rail National Stations

Birmingham New Street
Bristol Temple Meads
Edinburgh Waverley
Glasgow Central
Guildford
Leeds
Liverpool Lime Street
Manchester Piccadilly
Reading

Network Rail London Stations

London Bridge
London Cannon Street
London Charing Cross
Clapham Junction
London Euston
London King's Cross
London Liverpool Street
London Paddington
London St Pancras International
London Victoria
London Waterloo

Glasgow Central and Liverpool Lime Street stations are divided into high and low-level stations - the high-level stations are all termini used primarily by the main inter-city services to those stations. The low-level stations are through routes on local commuter networks that are largely separate from other routes to the main station, these platforms are not managed by Network Rail, but instead by the rail operator that primarily uses them (ScotRail and Merseyrail respectively).

Network Rail operated Gatwick Airport station until January 2012 when it was transferred to Southern, and Fenchurch Street until November 2014 when it was transferred to c2c. Network Rail took over management of Bristol Temple Meads and Reading in April 2014.

A DfT franchise report in 2014 stated Network Rail's intention to subsume more major stations into Network Rail's directly operated portfolio. The report earmarked York for Network Rail management, as well as Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Victoria which are currently undergoing major rebuilding as part of the Northern Hub. However as of September 2017 the two Manchester stations remained under the operatorship of Arriva Rail North.

There are a small number of stations on the National Rail network that are not owned by Network Rail:

As of 2022 these are:

Station Name	Station Owner
Ardrossan Harbour	Peel Ports
Aylesbury Vale Parkway	Aylesbury Vale Parkway Ltd
Bromsgrove	West Midlands Combined Authority
Coleshill Parkway	Coleshill Parkway Ltd
Corfe Castle	Dorset Council
Dunrobin Castle	Earl of Sutherland
Ebbsfleet International	HS1 Ltd
Fishguard Harbour	Stena Line
Horwich Parkway	Transport for Greater Manchester
Prestwick International Airport	Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Southend Airport	London Southend Airport
Stranraer	Stena Line
Stratford International	HS1 Ltd
Warwick Parkway	Warwickshire County Council

Network Rail Training Facilities

Network Rail has several training and development sites around Britain. These include sites in York, Peterborough, Derby, Leeds, Walsall and Larbert which provide refresher courses, and train staff in new equipment. Advanced Apprentice Scheme trainees are trained at Network Rail's Westwood training centre for the first five months of their apprenticeship and then are trained further at HMS Sultan in Gosport over seven 2-week periods or five 3-week periods (throughout their second and third year) of their apprenticeship, using a combination of Royal Navy facilities and a specially installed training centre.

All courses are taught by VT Flagship (part of Babcock International) in the first year but apprentices are trained by Network Rail staff in the second and third years. Network Rail bought a residential centre from Cable and Wireless in the Westwood Business Centre near Coventry for leadership development. The company and other industry partners such as VolkerRail and Balfour Beatty also operate a Foundation Degree in conjunction with Sheffield Hallam University.

In 2008, Network Rail piloted its first qualification in "track engineering". It has been given permission to develop courses equivalent to GCSE and A-levels.

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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