Network Rail and Great British Railways

Network Rail will become part of Great British Railways (GBR), bringing responsibility for rail infrastructure and passenger services together within a new organisation.

For Network Rail employees, the transition is different from the process taking place at train operating companies. Network Rail is already publicly owned, so the key questions are about how the organisation, its functions and its people will become part of GBR.

TSSA is representing Network Rail members as these arrangements develop and will keep you updated as more detail becomes available.

GBR is expected to operate through geographically based business units, bringing infrastructure and passenger operations together locally, alongside functions that will operate across the whole railway. More detail about its final organisational structure is still to come.

A transition, not a single changeover.

The move to GBR happens in stages. Passenger services are moving into public ownership ahead of the establishment of GBR, while work continues on the legislation, structure and arrangements for the new organisation.

The transition to GBR may raise questions about where you work within the new organisation, whether your role or team will change, and what happens to your existing employment arrangements.

It may also raise questions about jobs, pay and conditions, pensions, travel facilities and how employees will move into the new organisation.

TSSA will provide information as decisions are made and explain what developments mean for Network Rail members.

One of the key issues for Network Rail members is how employees will move from the existing organisation into Great British Railways.

The arrangements for that transition are still developing. TSSA will be seeking clarity about the process and what it means for members’ employment, including the protection of existing rights, terms and conditions and pensions.

We will update this page when further details are confirmed.

TSSA is representing members throughout the development of GBR and engaging with government, Network Rail and the wider rail industry on the transition.

Our priorities include protecting members’ jobs and employment conditions, ensuring workers have a voice in the changes and making sure the move to GBR delivers a fair transition for the people who work across the railway.

We know that Network Rail will form part of Great British Railways and that bringing infrastructure and passenger operations together will mean organisational change.

However, important details about GBR’s final structure, how Network Rail functions will move into it and what the transition will mean for individual teams and employees are still developing.

We will update this section as further information becomes available.

Find answers to common questions about GBR, the transition and what it could mean for TSSA members.