NS Railinfratrust

NS Railinfratrust BV
Company typeGovernment agency
IndustryRail Transport
Founded1995
Headquarters,
ProductsRail Infrastructure Management, Railway Capacity Allocation, Traffic Control
RevenueIncrease 1.260 billion (2006)
Increase 31 million (2006)
0 (2006)
Number of employees
2,651 (2006)
Websitehttp://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)