====== Overview ======


===== Key Stakeholders =====

The key stakeholders for network rail are:
  * Department of Transport
    * Determines the level of public expenditure for the railway in England and Wales
    * Defines the strategy for the railway in England and Wales
  * Transport Scotland
    * Determines the level of public expenditure for the railway in Scotland
    * Defines the strategy for the railway in Scotland
  * The Office of Rail Regulation
    * Independent economic and safety regulator
    * Ensures no monopoly in NR's position.
    *  Has a level of accountability to parliament
  * Her Majesty's Rail Inspectorate
    * Part of the ORR and deals with comliance and safety
  * Train and Freight Operating Companies
    * The companies who run trains on NR's infrastructure
  * Passenger and Freight Customers
    * The travelling public
    * Customers of the FOCs (such as powers stations who need coal)
  * Passenger Focus
    * Independent national rail consumer watchdog. 
    * Mission is to get the best deal for the consumer for Britain's rail passengers.

This is diagramatically below in figure 1 (click on link for full picture)

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Figure 1 - Key stakeholders
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===== Geographical Structure =====

Figure 1 below shows the breakdown graphically.

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===== Operational Staffing =====

Network Rail's organisational structure is split into a 6 geographical teritories which are then further split into 16 areas.  Each territory has 1 Territory Maintenance Director (TMD) and each area has 1 Infrastructure Maintenance Manager (IMM).

Currently (as of 4th Dec 2007) the territory and personnel split is:

^Territory^TMD^Area^Area IMM^
|Scotland|Richard Lungmuss|Scotland East|Lindsay Saddler|
| | |Scotland West|Paul Taylor|
|London North Eastern|Andrew Hilton|North Eastern|Brian Timms|
| | |Great Northern|Martin Frobisher|
| | |East Midlands|Fred Rooth|
|London North Western|Jim Syddall|Lancs and Cumbria|Peter Halliwell|
| | |LNW Central|Terry Strickland|
| | |West Midlands|Alan Brookes|
| | |West Coast South|John Whitehurst|
|Western|Greg Lunn|Wales and Marches|Andrew Wozencraft|
| | |West Country|Andy Chappell|
| | |Thames Valley|Nick Fulcher|
|South East|David Wilks|Anglia|John Young|
| | |Wessex|Simon Gates|
| | |Sussex|Ivan Kimble|
| | |Kent|Phil Broad|