The Railinfratrust Company (RIT) is the owner of the rail infrastructure in the Netherlands.
ProRail B.V. is the part of RIT that takes care of maintenance and extension of the national railway network infrastructure, of allocating rail capacity, and of traffic control.
NS Railinfratrust consists of the following infrastructure management organisations: Railinfrabeheer (Rail Infrastructure Management, RIB); Railned (railway capacity allocation) (planning more than 52 hours before the day of the train service); Railverkeersleiding (Traffic Control) (planning from 52 hours before the day of the train service) NS Railinfratrust Ltd was founded as a result of the separation of track and trains in 1995.
On 1 January 2003 the three railinfratrust companies (NS Railinfrabeheer Ltd, Railverkeersleiding Ltd and Railned Ltd) merged to form ProRail Ltd.
The railway security function of Railned was transferred to the Inspection Service of the Ministry of Traffic and Water.