HS1 LIMITED

HS1 Ltd is a private limited company employing 62 permanent staff at the company's registered office at Kings Place, York Way, London. The company is the railway infrastructure owner of the High Speed 1 (HS1) Railway between St Pancras International and the Channel Tunnel at Cheriton, Kent. HS1 Ltd is the company awarded the concession by the Department for Transport to manage this infrastructure for the duration of its 30 year lease. HS1 Ltd is the key UK operating company and in 2017 was acquired by a consortium comprising of funds advised and managed by Infrared Capital Partners Ltd and Equitix Investment Management Ltd. The railway infrastructure essentially comprises high speed railway lines and supporting infrastructure, 3 maintenance depots (1 large depot (Singlewell Infrastructure Depot (SIMD)) and 2 other small ones (Camley Street and Ripple Lane), 4 stations (St Pancras, Stratford, Ebbsfleet and Ashford International stations), and an office at Singlewell.