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
Eighteen RUSs have been completed so far and work is underway on four more. The most recently published was the Great Western RUS on 1 March 2010.
Network Rail recently published the East Coast Main Line 2016 Capacity Review, an addendum to the ECML RUS, as a draft for consultation.
Network Rail is currently developing a second generation of RUSs
See key dates in the RUS Programme.
Click on the appropriate link below to view the latest documentation on each RUS.