Company type | Government agency |
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Industry | Rail Transport |
Founded | 1995 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Rail Infrastructure Management, Railway Capacity Allocation, Traffic Control |
Revenue | € 1.260 billion (2006) |
€ 31 million (2006) | |
€ 0 (2006) | |
Number of employees | 2,651 (2006) |
Website | http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/fin |
The Railinfratrust Company (RIT) is the owner of the rail infrastructure in the Netherlands. ProRail B.V. is the part of RIT that takes care of maintenance and extension of the national railway network infrastructure, of allocating rail capacity, and of traffic control. NS Railinfratrust is a government agency but is not the same company as Nederlandse Spoorwegen. NS Railinfratrust consists of the following infrastructure management organisations: Railinfrabeheer (Rail Infrastructure Management, RIB); Railned (railway capacity allocation) (planning more than 52 hours before the day of the train service); Railverkeersleiding (Traffic Control) (planning from 52 hours before the day of the train service)