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===Route plans=== [[File:Map of Network Rail Strategic Routes in England and Wales 2014.svg|350px|thumb|Strategic Routes in England and Wales 2014.]] Network Rail regularly publishes a Strategic Business Plan detailing their policies, processes and plans, as well as financial expenditure and other data. The most recent complete business plan was published in January 2013.<ref name=NRBP2014>{{cite web |url= http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/strategic-business-plan-for-cp5/ |title= Strategic business plans 2014–19 |publisher= Network Rail |access-date= 20 February 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130116181105/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/strategic-business-plan-for-cp5/ |archive-date= 16 January 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> Within these plans the rail network is divided into ten “devolved routes” or “operational routes”, with a Route Plan for each being published annually.<ref name=NRBP2014/> Each route or other plan covers a number of railway lines usually defined by geographical area and the routes are further subdivided into 17 “strategic routes”, each divided into Strategic Route Sections (SRS) and given an SRS number and name.<ref name=NRNRS>{{cite web|url= http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Network_Specifications.aspx/|title= Network and Route Specifications|publisher= Network Rail|access-date= 21 March 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330152116/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Network_Specifications.aspx|archive-date= 30 March 2015|df= dmy-all}}</ref> The plans also detail the geography of routes, stations, major junctions, capacity constraints and other issues and provide data on [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|freight gauge]], [[Railway electrification system|electrification]], line speed, number of tracks, capacity and other information. The plans also detail the expected future demand and development of each route, their predicted expenditure and their maintenance and investment requirements.<ref name=NRRPI> {{cite book |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3129_introduction.pdf |title=Network Rail Route Plans Introduction |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104516/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3129_introduction.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |format=PDF<!--Deny Citation Bot-->}}{{page needed|date=September 2023}}</ref> The devolved routes were introduced in 2011,<ref name=NRNSA>{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/network-specifications-archive/ |title=Network specifications archive |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401084557/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/network-specifications-archive/ |archive-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> and the 17 strategic routes labelled "A" to "Q" were introduced in 2010. From 2004 to 2009, the network had been divided into 26 strategic routes numbered "1" to "26". In 2003, the network had been divided into 41 strategic routes numbered "1" to "41".<ref name=NRRPA> {{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Route_Plans_archive.aspx |title=Route Plans archive |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113846/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Route_Plans_archive.aspx |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> The 2011 devolved routes and strategic routes are organised as in the table below.<ref name= NRNRS/> {| class="wikitable" style="clear:both;" |- ! Devolved Route ! colspan=3 | Strategic Route ! Primary routes ! Other destinations ! {{small|Former strategic routes 2004–09}} |- | rowspan=2 | South East | A | style="background-color:#c8c8c8;" | | Kent and High Speed One | {{plainlist| *{{rws| London Charing Cross}} – {{rws| Ashford International}} *{{rws| London St Pancras International}} – Channel Tunnel }} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Canterbury East}} *{{rws| Dover Priory}} *{{rws| Folkestone Central}} *{{rws| Hastings}} *{{rws| London Bridge}} *{{rws| London Cannon Street}} *{{rws| Maidstone East}} *{{rws| Margate}} *{{rws| Rochester}} *{{rws| Sevenoaks}} *{{rws| Tonbridge}} }} | {{small|1. Kent}} |- | B | style="background-color:#1f78b4;" | | Sussex | {{rws| London Victoria}} – {{rws| Brighton}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Chichester}} *{{rws| Clapham Junction}} *{{rws| Dorking}} *{{rws| Eastbourne}} *{{rws| London Blackfriars}} *{{rws| London Bridge}} *{{rws| London St Pancras International}} *{{rws| Redhill}} }} | {{small|2. Brighton Main Line & Sussex}} |- | Wessex | C | style="background-color:#fdbf6f;" | | Wessex | [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] – {{rws| Southampton Central}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws|Ascot|Berkshire}} *{{rws| Basingstoke}} *{{rws| Bournemouth}} *{{rws| Clapham Junction}} *{{rws| Dorchester South}} *{{rws| Exeter St Davids}} *{{rws| Guildford|Surrey}} *{{rws| Kew Bridge}} *{{rws| Poole}} *{{rws| Portsmouth Harbour}} *{{rws| Salisbury}} *{{rws| Shanklin}} *{{rws| Shepperton}} *{{rws| Staines}} *{{rws| Weymouth}} *{{rws| Windsor & Eton Riverside}} *{{rws| Woking}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *3. South West Main Line *4. Wessex Routes }} |- | rowspan=3 | Anglia | D | style="background-color:#d5bb8b;" | | East Anglia | {{rws| London Liverpool Street}} – {{rws| Norwich}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Cambridge}} *{{rws| Ely}} *{{rws| Felixstowe}} *{{rws| Great Yarmouth}} *{{rws| Lowestoft}} *{{rws| Harwich Town}} *{{rws| Ipswich}} *{{rws| Kings Lynn}} *{{rws| Southend Victoria}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *[[Network Rail Route 5 (West Anglia)|5. West Anglia]] *[[Network Rail Route 7 (Great Eastern)|7. Great Eastern]] }} |- | E | style="background-color:#a7b51d;" | | North London Line | ''none'' | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Barking}} *{{rws| Gospel Oak}} *{{rws| Richmond|London}} *{{rws| Stratford}} }} | {{small|[[Network Rail Route 6 (North London Line and Thameside)|6. North London Line and Thameside]] (part)}} |- | F | style="background-color:#e31a1c;" | | Thameside | ''none'' | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Fenchurch Street}} *{{rws| Shoeburyness}} *{{rws| Southend Central}} }} | {{small|[[Network Rail Route 6 (North London Line and Thameside)|6. North London Line and Thameside]] (part)}} |- | rowspan=3 | London North Eastern and East Midland | G | style="background-color:#33a02c;" | | East Coast Main Line and North East | {{rws| London King's Cross}} – {{rws| Leeds}} and {{rws| Edinburgh Waverley}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Doncaster}} *{{rws| Durham}} *{{rws| Lincoln Central}} *{{rws| Newcastle}} *{{rws| Peterborough}} *{{rws| Whitby}} *{{rws| York}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *8. East Coast Main Line *9. North East Routes (part) *11. South Cross-Pennine, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (part) }} |- | H | style="background-color:#a6cee3;" | | Cross-Pennine, Yorkshire & Humber and North West (East section) | {{rws| Chesterfield}} – {{rws| Barnetby}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Barnsley}} *{{rws| Bradford Interchange}} *{{rws| Huddersfield}} *[[Hull Paragon Interchange|Hull]] *{{rws| Leeds}} *{{rws| Scarborough}} *{{rws| Sheffield}} *{{rws| Skipton}} *{{rws| York}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *9. North East Routes (part) *10. North Cross-Pennine, North and West Yorkshire *11. South Cross-Pennine, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (part) }} |- | I | style="background-color:#fb9a99;" | | East Midlands | {{plainlist| *{{rws| London St Pancras International}} – {{rws| Nottingham}}, {{rws| Sheffield}}, {{rws| Chesterfield}} *{{rws| Burton-on-Trent}} – {{rws| Derby}} }} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Bedford}} *{{rws| Leicester}} *{{rws| Matlock}} *{{rws| Skegness}} }} | {{small|19. Midland Main Line and East Midlands}} |- | rowspan = 2 | Western | J | style="background-color:#b15928;" | | London and West | {{rws| London Paddington}} – {{rws| Oxford}}, {{rws| Bristol Parkway}}, Severn Tunnel, {{rws| Taunton}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Heathrow Central}} *{{rws| Heathrow Terminal 4}} *{{rws| Newbury}} *{{rws| Reading}} *{{rws| Didcot Parkway}} *{{rws| South Ruislip}} *{{rws| Swindon}} *{{rws| Windsor & Eton Central}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *12. Reading to Penzance (part) *13. Great Western Main Line (part) }} |- | K | style="background-color:#4cc9c6;" | | West of England | {{plainlist| *{{rws| Swindon}} – {{rws| Bristol Temple Meads}} *{{rws| Bristol Parkway}} – {{rws| Plymouth}} *{{rws| Bristol Temple Meads}} – {{rws| Cheltenham Spa}} }} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Barnstaple}} *{{rws| Bath Spa}} *{{rws| Exeter St Davids}} *{{rws| Gloucester}} *{{rws| Penzance}} *{{rws| Taunton}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *12. Reading to Penzance (part) *13. Great Western Main Line (part) }} |- | Wales | L | style="background-color:#b2df8a;" | | Wales | Severn Tunnel – {{rws| Swansea}} |{{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Aberdare}} *{{rws| Aberystwyth}} *{{rws| Bangor|Gwynedd}} *{{rws| Blaenau Ffestiniog}} *{{rws| Caerphilly}} *{{rws| Cardiff Central}} *{{rws| Carmarthen}} *{{rws| Crewe}} *{{rws| Fishguard Harbour}} *{{rws| Gloucester}} *{{rws| Hereford}} *{{rws| Holyhead}} *{{rws| Llandudno}} *{{rws| Merthyr Tydfil}} *{{rws| Milford Haven}} *{{rws| Newport}} *{{rws| Pembroke Dock}} *{{rws| Port Talbot Parkway}} *{{rws| Pwllheli}} *{{rws| Rhyl}} *{{rws| Rhymney}} *{{rws| Shrewsbury}} *{{rws| Tenby}} *{{rws| Treherbert}} *{{rws| Wrexham General}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *13. Great Western Main Line (part) *14. South and Central Wales and Borders *15. South Wales Valleys *22. North Wales and Borders }} |- | rowspan = 4 | London North Western | H | style="background-color:#a6cee3;" | | Cross-Pennine, Yorkshire & Humber and North West (West section) | {{plainlist| *{{rws| Crewe}} – {{rws| Manchester Piccadilly}} *{{rws| Liverpool South Parkway}} – {{rws| Liverpool Lime Street}} }} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Barrow-in-Furness}} *{{rws| Blackburn}} *{{rws| Blackpool North}} *{{rws| Bolton}} *{{rws| Burnley Central}} *{{rws| Buxton}} *{{rws| Carlisle}} *{{rws| Colne}} *{{rws| Lancaster}} *{{rws| Manchester Victoria}} *{{rws| Morecambe}} *{{rws| Preston}} *{{rws| Settle}} *{{rws| Southport}} *{{rws| Todmorden}} *{{rws| Warrington Central}} *{{rws| Wigan Wallgate}} *{{rws| Windermere}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *20. North West Urban *[[Network Rail Route 23 (North West Rural)|23. North West Rural]] }} |- | M | style="background-color:#cab2d6;" | | West Midlands and Chilterns | {{rws| Birmingham New Street}} – {{rws| Oxford}}, {{rws| Cheltenham Spa}}, {{rws| Rugby}}, {{rws| Burton-on-Trent}} and {{rws| Stafford}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Banbury}} *{{rws| Bicester Village}} *{{rws| Coventry}} *{{rws| High Wycombe}} *{{rws| Kidderminster}} *{{rws| London Marylebone}} *{{rws| Nuneaton}} *{{rws| Stratford-upon-Avon}} *{{rws| Warwick}} *{{rws| Wolverhampton}} *{{rws| Worcester Foregate Street}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *16. Chilterns *17. West Midlands }} |- | N | style="background-color:black;" | | West Coast Main Line | {{rws| London Euston}} – {{rws| Liverpool South Parkway}}, {{rws| Cheadle Hulme}} & {{rws| Carstairs}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Bedford St Johns}} *{{rws|Bletchley}} *{{rws| Carlisle}} *{{rws| Chester}} *{{rws| Crewe}} *{{rws| Lancaster}} *{{rws| Macclesfield}} *{{rws| Milton Keynes Central}} *{{rws| Northampton}} *{{rws| Preston}} *{{rws| Rugby}} *{{rws| Runcorn}} *{{rws| St Albans Abbey}} *{{rws| Stafford}} *{{rws| Stoke-on-Trent}} *{{rws| Warrington Bank Quay}} *{{rws| Wigan North Western}} }} | {{small|18. West Coast Main Line}} |- | O | style="background-color:#fad600;" | | Merseyside | ''none'' | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Chester}} *{{rws| Ellesmere Port}} *{{rws| Kirkby}} *{{rws| Liverpool Central}} *{{rws| Liverpool Lime Street}} *{{rws| Liverpool South Parkway}} *{{rws| New Brighton}} *{{rws| Ormskirk}} *{{rws| Southport}} *{{rws| West Kirby}} }} | {{small|21. Merseyrail}} |- | rowspan = 2 | Scotland | P | style="background-color:#ff7f00;" | | Scotland East | {{rws| Edinburgh Waverley}} – {{rws| Carstairs}} & {{rws| Falkirk High}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Aberdeen}} *{{rws| Dundee}} *{{rws| Glasgow Queen Street}} High Level *{{rws| Inverness}} *{{rws| Kyle of Lochalsh}} *[[Stirling railway station, Scotland|Stirling]] *{{rws| Thurso}} *{{rws| Wick}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *24. East of Scotland *25. Highlands (part) }} |- | Q | style="background-color:#e719ca;" | | Scotland West | {{rws| Carstairs}} – {{rws| Glasgow Central}} | {{flatlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *{{rws| Ardrossan Harbour}} *{{rws| Ayr}} *{{rws| Dumbarton Central}} *{{rws| Dumfries}} *{{rws| Fort William}} *{{rws| Glasgow Queen Street}} Low Level *{{rws| Greenock Central}} *{{rws| Helensburgh Central}} *{{rws| Largs}} *{{rws| Mallaig}} *{{rws| Oban}} *{{rws| Stranraer}} }} | {{plainlist|style=font-size: 85%;| *25. Highlands (part) *26. Strathclyde and South West Scotland }} |}
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