National Railways Federation

Branch federation of the railway operating cooperatives

Members

Each route group is a cooperative in its own right, with its own assembly, its own plan and its own ecological account. Inside each one sit the sub-regional operators that work the branches and the local trains. Article 89(1) makes membership of the federation compulsory. Membership costs no fee, and members contribute to the solidarity fund on a published scale.

  • 8 route groups
  • 20 sub-regional operators
  • 38,600 workers, all members
  • 3,080 rail vehicles allocated
  • 29 depots

The groups

  • Northern Coast

    Seat at Lindoma · routes 1, 2, 3, 28

    Operates the capital and the northern coast. Its section from Lindoma Central to Ospena runs one train every four minutes at the morning peak, the closest headway on the network. It also stables the empty stock for the Lindoma end of the artery.

    Members: Lindoma, Kelvaqui, Merrisoma · 5,940 workers · 470 vehicles · 4 depots

  • Central Valley

    Seat at Calmena · routes 4, 5, 6, 27

    Its routes climb at 3.5 per cent between Halvena and Iscura. Its drivers know that climb, and other groups borrow them when the southern line closes.

    Members: Tessilius, Thurioma · 4,120 workers · 310 vehicles · 3 depots

  • Western Uplands

    Seat at Ferrista · routes 7, 8, 9, 29

    Quarry and forestry traffic. Its route 9 ends at Quessina, where the Iosmein network takes over. Through carriages run twice a day, staffed by both sides.

    Members: Vandorum, Corvaluri · 3,480 workers · 260 vehicles · 3 depots

  • Inland Plain

    Seat at Durorilaqui · routes 10, 11, 12, 30

    The flattest routes and the heaviest seasonal freight. Grain moves north on route 11 from September to November. Its assembly thins the passenger timetable for those weeks.

    Members: Durorilaqui, Ombraqui · 3,260 workers · 240 vehicles · 2 depots

  • Southern

    Seat at Sarnova · routes 13, 14, 15, 33, 34

    The southern operating cooperative. In 2026 it answered a relief driver at Vestrano, then sent Podnik the R8/A proposal, and the first unit is allocated here. Route 14 stops 4 km short of the closed frontier with Bor Brashavenko.

    Members: Aspreduson, Esteveduson, Halvorum · 4,010 workers · 300 vehicles · 3 depots

  • Eastern Main

    Seat at Leriduson · routes 16, 17, 18, 36

    Crosses between the regions over the moor, then follows the lagoon shore to Marendo. Silvestra of Leriduson has sat as its delegate on the Podnik carriage panel since 2023, arguing door widths and seat pitch.

    Members: Leriduson, Anselaqui · 5,210 workers · 420 vehicles · 4 depots

  • Grain Basin

    Seat at Solvena · routes 19, 20, 21, 31, 32

    Holds the central section of the 1907 artery and the 31 km straight above Irbena. It records its heaviest loading between Ilvara and Tavrino on weekday mornings.

    Members: Quintorum, Marnaqui · 6,480 workers · 560 vehicles · 5 depots

  • South-East Coast

    Seat at Cortius · routes 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

    Ends at the southern port, the ferry berth for Sluland and the fishery at Espara. It operates the 3.5 per cent climb above Vadura and the harbour branch that runs every twenty minutes.

    Members: Cortius, Belvacius, Ravelluri, Sornorum · 6,100 workers · 520 vehicles · 5 depots

The same figures, side by side

The eight groups at the close of the 2025 period
Group Seat Sub-regions Workers Vehicles Depots
Northern Coast Lindoma 3 5,940 470 4
Central Valley Calmena 2 4,120 310 3
Western Uplands Ferrista 2 3,480 260 3
Inland Plain Durorilaqui 2 3,260 240 2
Southern Sarnova 3 4,010 300 3
Eastern Main Leriduson 2 5,210 420 4
Grain Basin Solvena 2 6,480 560 5
South-East Coast Cortius 4 6,100 520 5
Eight groups · 20 38,600 3,080 29

A further 230 vehicles sit in the federation pool: engineering stock, the thirty-four diesel yard locomotives, and the spare sets a group draws on while one of its own is under examination. They do not belong to any group and the federation assembly allocates them for one period at a time.

How a member is governed

  • Everyone who works there is a member

    Article 85(1) makes every worker a member after a probation of six months at most, and prohibits any category of non-member worker. A driver, a signaller and a cleaner have one vote each, and the vote attaches to no seniority or function.

  • The assembly decides the timetable offer

    The general assembly adopts the internal plan, the offer the cooperative makes into the planning procedure, its working conditions and the rotation of tasks. Officers are elected for limited terms and recallable at any sitting.

  • Riders sit in the assembly

    Article 85(5) requires the cooperative to provide seats for the users of the service, the council of the commune, and a delegate of ecological interest in the assembly, with the right to be heard and to place items on the agenda.

  • The accounts are public

    Minutes, resource accounts, ecological accounts and the internal plan are published under Article 61(2). Each member is reviewed yearly under Article 101 against its ceiling and the needs it undertook to meet.

What the federation does with them

  1. Holds the timetable

    Paths are negotiated between the groups at the federation and published as one timetable. Where two groups want the same path, the assembly decides and states its reasons in the register of decisions.

  2. Holds the technical knowledge

    Route knowledge, braking curves, signalling practice and the gate and card specifications sit with the federation and are open to every member and to anyone outside it, under Article 10.

  3. Distributes the branch allocation

    The allocation the plan gives the railway branch is divided among the members by the assembly, in physical units, against the ecological account of each.

  4. Runs the support procedure

    When a member cooperative fails, Article 103 requires the federation to state whether the its management or plan was responsible, and to publish that finding before any support is given.

  5. Represents the branch

    The federation speaks for the railway in the planning procedure, in the ecological budget procedure, and before the Assembly under Article 155.

  6. Directs nothing else

    Article 89(4) confines the federation to the cases the Constitution and organic law provide. The internal affairs of a member cooperative belong to its own assembly.