MEDIA INVITATION: LAUNCH OF BUSINESS PLAN 2005/06

Tuesday 29 Mar 2005

MEDIA INVITATION: LAUNCH OF BUSINESS PLAN 2005/06

Region & Route:: National

Date: Thursday 31 March Time: 7am to 9am Media contact: Janine Mantle 020 7557 8292 You are invited to interview Network Rail’s Chief Executive, John Armitt, as the company launches its new 10 year business plan. The Business Plan 2005/6 will set out the company’s ambitious programme to further improve performance and increase efficiency. To bid for an interview slot – either at Euston station or in your studio, please contact Mel Varcoe on 020 7557 8292 or by emailing mel.varcoe@networkrail.co.uk

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We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.

Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.

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