Publications

Initial Industry Plans 2011

The Initial Industry Plans set out how the industry can deliver a more efficient and better value railway and how the railway can play a key role in driving sustainable economic growth.

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It's an enormous national industry - surely one of the UK's biggest. More people are using the railways today than at any time since the 1920s - some four million a day. Over the next few years we are investing in expanding and growing the railway, and developing plans for the future.

Network and Route Specifications 2011

Our new Network and Route Specifications describe the capability and use of each route as well as improvements we are committed to or are considering.

Read our Network Specifications 2011


'More trains would take the pressure off at busy times. They nearly all seem to be crowded.' The railways have never been more popular. The result is that we need more capacity. More trains. Longer trains. We spent £1.7bn in the year on capacity enhancements and plan to invest £12bn over the five years to 2014.

Annual Return 2011

This Annual Return reports on our achievements, developments and challenges during 2010/11, year 2 of Control Period 4 (CP4).

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'I hope we’ll have more trains that will cost less to travel on.' Reducing the cost of our railway is one of our main priorities and we’re targeting £5bn of savings over the five years to 2014. We’re also investing £12bn in projects and schemes aimed at increasing the capacity of the network – more, longer, quicker trains.

Annual Report and Accounts 2011

Our Annual Report and Accounts published 23 June 2011 reports on the second year of the five year Control Period 4 settlement running to 2014.

Read our Annual Report and Accounts 2011

'I didn’t know that Tesco used the railways to supply its stores'
Since 1995 rail freight has grown by 50 per cent with a further 140 per cent increase predicted by 2030.

Delivery Plan Update 2011

The 2011 update to the Control Period 4 Delivery Plan 2009, which outlines our commitments for the five years to 2014, is now available.

Read Delivery Plan Update 2011(Opens in our viewer)
Action stations

We’ve gathered your views on the future of stations – read about our 10 point plan and some of the development work being done.

Read Action Stations


'I didn’t know that Tesco used the railways to supply its stores' Since 1995 rail freight has grown by 50 per cent with a further 140 per cent increase predicted by 2030.

How we’re making it happen

Using public funds effectively to and develop an enhanced rail network for you can be a complicated task. We create a Delivery plan every 4 years to map out how to do this, and update progress yearly.

Read our Delivery Plan update 2011(Opens in our viewer)

About our routes

Our Network and Route Specifications describe the capability and use of each of our 10 routes and explain our future plans for improving the railway.

Read our Network Specifications

How we're building a sustainable future

Conserving resources and making sure that our environment is safe for our staff and passengers alike is a priority for us. Find out how we’re working to improve sustainability here...

Visit our interactive CR report

How we’re doing

Each year we publish a report which shows how we’re performing.

Read our latest annual report

Publications

Initial Industry Plans 2011

It's an enormous national industry - surely one of the UK's biggest.

Network and Route Specifications 2011

'More trains would take the pressure off at busy times. They nearly all seem to be crowded.'

Annual Return 2011

'I hope we’ll have more trains that will cost less to travel on.'

Annual Report and Accounts 2011

'I didn’t know that Tesco used the railways to supply its stores'

Delivery Plan Update 2011

Action stations

How we’re making it happen

About our routes

How we're building a sustainable future

How we’re doing

Other publications

How are we performing?

What are our plans?

What are we required to do?

The great projects we’re doing

Find out how we’re upgrading the network