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DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK LEVEL RAILWAY TRACK CONDITION MODEL S. Naito, Dr. M.P.N. Burrow and Prof. K.B. Madelin Railway Research Group, School of Engineering The University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK SXN474@bham.ac.uk KEY WORDS: Network level, Track condition, Maintenance management, Maintenance Standards ABSTRACT There are a variety of decision making tools which help engineers plan timely and cost effective maintenance. The majority of these tools address project level maintenance, such as that required for a particular section of track, where the level of benefits tends to be relatively discrete and definable. However, it is at the network level, where the benefits are less tangible, that the consideration of the benefits of investment in maintenance has an important role to play in helping frame policy. A major problem concerns how network level benefits may be presented in a simple and straightforward manner which is meaningful to politicians and senior decision makers alike. This research reported herein investigates the necessary components of a tool which may be used to achieve this. To this end the research seeks to develop a numerical model which can describe the relationship between maintenance funding levels and subsequent track quality condition at the network level. This paper describes the work effected to date in producing such a model, and outlines the key components of the model including; the way in which track condition is represented at the network level, the measure of condition and the type of treatments considered in the model, the process of treatment intervention and track degradation. INTRODUCTION Background In the UK to assist the maintenance engineer there are