Route Utilisation Strategies (RUS)
Route Utilisation Strategies are key elements in the rail industry planning process
Route Utilisation Strategies (RUSs) seek to balance capacity, passenger & freight demand, operational performance and cost, to address the requirements of funders and stakeholders. Network Rail is developing Route Utilisation Strategies to cover the rail network, in conjunction with rail industry partners and wider stakeholders.
Network Rail will take account of the recommendations from RUSs when carrying out its activities. In particular they will be used to help inform the allocation of capacity on the network through application of the normal Network Code processes.
Latest RUS news
Eight RUSs have been completed so far and work is underway on ten more. The Lancashire and Cumbria Draft for Consultation was the most recently published, on 24 April 2008.
To see key dates in the RUS Programme, click here.
Click on the appropriate folder below to view the RUS documentation as the work progress.