Business Plan 2004

The 2004 Business Plan is Network Rail's second since taking responsibility for Britain's rail network.

It sets out our plans for delivering the outputs agreed with the Office of the Rail Regulator, Strategic Rail Authority and Government for the next five years (Control Period 3, beginning 1 April 2004), with a forward look to a further five.

It describes in detail how we intend to apply engineering and operational excellence to deliver improvements in the safety, reliability, efficiency and affordability of the railway infrastructure.

Network Rail's 2004 Business Plan comprises the following documents, detailing our policies, processes and plans, as well as financial expenditure and other data:

• Summary document (summary of the suite of documents)
• Technical Plan (asset stewardship and network operations)
• Route Plans (how our strategies will be delivered at route level)

Together with the Financial Plan, these documents fulfil the requirements of Condition 7 of our network licence.

The documents below are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download it free from www.Adobe.com .

Business Plan Summary

This document summarises our Business Plan for the period from April 2004 to March 2014, including our corporate objectives and plans for delivering them. It comprises one document. Click on the link below to view it as a PDF file.

	Title	Size
	Business Plan Summary	450 kb

 Technical Plan

This document provides a blueprint for the achievement of our vision of engineering and operational excellence for Britain's railway. It details our strategies and implementation plans for network operations and asset stewardship, as well as containing expenditure forecasts. Click on each section below to view it as a PDF file.

	Title	Size
	Section 1: Executive Summary	73 kb
	Section 2: Introduction	98 kb
	Section 3: Network Stewardship Strategy	607 kb
	Section 4: Asset Management Planning	140 kb
	Section 5: Engineering Delivery	173 kb
	Section 6: Operational Planning	191 kb
	Section 7: Operational Delivery	171 kb
	Section 8: Output Monitoring	213 kb
	Section 9: Plans by Asset Type	588 kb
	Section 10: Operational Performance	373 kb
	Section 11: Network Capability	2,067 kb
	Section 12: Glossary and Further Information	115 kb

Route Plans

Our route plans describe how we intend to deliver our strategies and relevant licence obligations on a route-by-route basis, enabling our customers, funders and other stakeholders to plan their activities. It is based around 26 Strategic Routes which are aligned as closely as possible to the relevant traffic flows, the SRA's route definitions and our own delivery units. Click on each section below to view it as a PDF file.

	Title	Size
	Section 1: Executive Summary	43 kb
	Section 2: Strategic Routes	8,237 kb
	Section 3: Enhancement and Major Projects	720 kb
	Section 4: Further Information	466 kb

For further information, please contact us at:

Network Rail
40 Melton Street
London
NW1 2EE
Tel: 020 7557 8000
Fax: 020 7557 9000