Train Operating Companies (TOCs)
About 20 privately-owned Train Operating Companies, each franchised for a defined term by government, operate passenger trains on the main rail network in Great Britain. ATOC is the trade association representing the TOCs and provides core services, including the provision of the National Rail Enquiries service. It also runs Rail Settlement Plan, which allocates ticket revenue to the various TOCs, and Rail Staff Travel, which manages travel facilities for railway staff. It does not compile the national timetable, which is the joint responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation (allocation of paths) and Network Rail (timetable production and publication).
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