Editing Network Rail (section)

===Stations===
Network Rail owns more than 2,500 railway stations, divided into [[United Kingdom railway station categories|six categories]]. Management and operation of most of them is carried out mostly by the principal [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|train operating company]] serving that station; however, in a few cases the train operating company does not serve the station. For example, {{rws|Hinckley}} is served by [[CrossCountry]], but it is managed by [[East Midlands Railway]]. {{As of|2018|04}}, Network Rail manages 20 stations directly, with Clapham Junction and Guildford becoming managed stations on 1 April 2018.<ref name="networkrail.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/ |title=Our stations |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=19 April 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418010813/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/ |archive-date=18 April 2018  }}</ref> The stations Network Rail operate are:
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'''National'''
*{{rws|Birmingham New Street}}
*{{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}
*{{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}
*{{stn|Glasgow Central}}
*{{rws|Guildford}}
*{{rws|Leeds}}
*{{rws|Liverpool Lime Street}}
*{{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}}
*{{rws|Reading}}
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'''London stations'''
*[[London Bridge station|London Bridge]]
*[[Cannon Street station|London Cannon Street]]
*{{rws|London Charing Cross}}
*{{rws|Clapham Junction}}
*{{rws|London Euston}}
*{{rws|London King's Cross}}
*[[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]
*[[London Paddington station|London Paddington]]
*[[St Pancras station|London St Pancras International]] 
*[[London Victoria station|London Victoria]]
*[[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]]
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Glasgow Central and Liverpool Lime Street stations are divided into high and low-level stations – the high-level stations are all termini used primarily by the main inter-city services to those stations. The low-level stations are through routes on local commuter networks that are largely separate from other routes to the main station; these platforms are not managed by Network Rail, but instead by the rail operator that primarily uses them, [[ScotRail]] and [[Merseyrail]] respectively.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Network Rail operated {{rws|Gatwick Airport}} station until January 2012 when it was transferred to [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]], and {{rws|Fenchurch Street}} until November 2014 when it was transferred to [[c2c]]. Network Rail took over management of Bristol Temple Meads and Reading in April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railnews: Royal opening for modernised Reading |url= http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/07/17-royal-opening-for-modernised-reading.html |date=July 2014 |access-date=22 December 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403012204/http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/07/17-royal-opening-for-modernised-reading.html |archive-date=3 April 2015 }}</ref>

A DfT franchise report in 2014 stated Network Rail's intention to subsume more major stations into Network Rail's directly operated portfolio. The report earmarked {{rws|York}} for Network Rail management, as well as [[Manchester Oxford Road railway station|Manchester Oxford Road]] and [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]] which are currently undergoing major rebuilding as part of the [[Northern Hub]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318230/tpe-prospectus.pdf |last=Department for Transport Rail Executive |title=Growth and Opportunity: TransPennine Express Prospectus |date=June 2014 |page=82 |access-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170425082237/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318230/tpe-prospectus.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2017 }}</ref> However {{as of|2017|9|lc=1}} the two Manchester stations remained under the operatorship of [[Arriva Rail North]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/MCO/details.html |title=Manchester Oxford Road station facilities |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170911024411/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/MCO/details.html|archive-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/MCV/details.html|title=Manchester Victoria station facilities |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=20 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110817083349/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/MCV/details.html |archive-date=17 August 2011 }}</ref>

There are a small number of stations on the National Rail network that are not owned by Network Rail. As of 2022<ref>{{cite book |title=Network Statement 2023 |url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Network-Statement-2023.pdf |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=25 September 2023 |page=22|format=PDF<!--Deny Citation Bot-->}}</ref> these are:
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! Station name
! Owner
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|{{rws|Ardrossan Harbour}}
| [[Peel Ports]]
|-
|-
|{{rws|Aylesbury Vale Parkway}}
| [[Public-private partnership|Aylesbury Vale Parkway Ltd]]
|-
|{{rws|Bromsgrove}}
| [[West Midlands Combined Authority]]
|-
|{{rws|Coleshill Parkway}}
| [[Public-private partnership|Coleshill Parkway Ltd]]
|-
|{{rws|Dunrobin Castle}}
| [[Earl of Sutherland]]
|-
|{{rws|Ebbsfleet International}}
| [[High Speed 1|HS1 Ltd]]
|-
|{{rws|Fishguard Harbour}}
| [[Stena Line]]
|-
|{{rws|Horwich Parkway}}
| [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
|-
|{{rws|Prestwick International Airport}}
| [[Glasgow Prestwick Airport]]
|-
|{{rws|Southend Airport}}
| [[London Southend Airport]]
|-
|{{rws|Stranraer}}
| [[Stena Line]]
|-
|{{rws|Stratford International}}
| [[High Speed 1|HS1 Ltd]]
|-
|{{rws|Warwick Parkway}}
| [[Warwickshire County Council]]
|}