Railway infrastructure manager

A railway infrastructure manager is a type of railway company, responsible for providing and maintaining railway infrastructure[1] This includes mainly railway track and catenary, if the railway line is electrified, and respective command and control systems. It can also include the stations and power supply network. A significant proportion of these companies are state-owned monopolies, responsible for all or most of the railway infrastructure within a given country. In the European Union (EU), separation of infrastructure and operation is mandated by law, so train operation is performed by another type of company, a railway undertaking which must be provided with non-discriminatory access to any railway path within the EU[2]. Outside the European Union it is possible that the same company is owning the infrastructure and also operating trains and in that case this designation might not make sense. Infrastructure managers charge for the use of its network.

References

  1. ↑ "House of Lords - Recast of the First Rail Freight Package - European Union Committee". publications.parliament.uk. 2009. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Bundesnetzagentur - Rail". www.bundesnetzagentur.de. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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