Network Rail
/ˌnetwɜːk ˈreɪl/
/ˌnetwɜːrk ˈreɪl/
- the company that owns and is responsible for looking after and repairing all the tracks, bridges, signals, etc. on the railways in Britain. It also owns most railway stations and directly manages some of the biggest of them. Train services are run by a number of different companies.