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Railway Network Statement

Any railway undertaking seeking to run trains on a third-party network must start with the infrastructure manager's network statement.

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Last updated: 26 June 2026Published: 27 January 2026

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Any railway undertaking seeking to run trains on a third-party network must start with the infrastructure manager's network statement. This binding document sets out every condition for network access: available capacity and line categories, procedures for requesting and reserving train paths, access charges and pricing principles, and the applicable safety and operational requirements. In the European Union, infrastructure managers are required to publish the network statement ahead of each timetable cycle. For freight forwarders and logistics providers, the network statement serves primarily as a reference document rather than a day-to-day working tool; it forms the contractual backbone underpinning all access agreements between infrastructure managers and railway undertakings.

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