Tom Clarke
Could Network Rail be breaching law by cutting down trees?
Network Rail stands accused of ignoring laws designed to protect wildlife as it battles to clear hundreds of thousands of trees which line the network.
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Queen’s Honours: criticism of CBE given to head of Network Rail
Actress Emma Thompson, author Kazuo Ishiguro and former Liverpool football manager Kenny Dalglish have all been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. They’re among more than a thousand people honoured, the vast majority for work in their community. But despite the fact that those decisions were made months ago, there’s been fierce criticism of…
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Network Rail: unions call off industrial action
A planned 24-hour strike by Network Rail workers is suspended after a new offer of a 2 per cent pay rise this year.
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Network Rail ‘in complete denial’ over Dawlish sea wall
A rail passenger body says its report called for the re-routing of the south west rail line ten years ago but Network Rail thought it could “engineer its way out” of the problem.
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Michael Crick
Network Rail admits 21 faults in 2012 at fatal crossing
Network Rail has admitted there were 21 occasions last year when faults occurred at a crossing where a man was killed.
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Network Rail unveils five-year plan for railway expansion
A £37.5bn plan to run and expand the railways between 2014 and 2019 is unveiled today by Network Rail in a bid to provide 170,000 extra commuter seats at peak times.
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Tree protest called off after Network Rail concessions
Campaigners – including three protesters who chained themselves to a tree – claim victory after Network Rail postpones planned tree clearance on a railway embankment near Whitstable in Kent.
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Network Rail fined £4m for Grayrigg train crash
Network Rail is given a £4m fine for health and safety failures which caused the Grayrigg train crash in 2007 in which one person died and a further 86 were injured.
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FactCheck: Can the government veto Network Rail bonuses?
Take Network Rail, for example. Bosses there have announced they won’t accept their bonuses – but not before the mother of all ding dongs between the transport secretary and her Labour nemesis about whether or not the government had any power over their remuneration.Now, in respectful homage to Dickens and the man of fact and calculations himself, Thomas Gradgrind, FactCheck has unearthed an interesting document which casts light on this dispute.
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Network Rail safety breaches over girls’ deaths
Network Rail has admitted three health and safety breaches over the deaths of two girls at a level crossing in Essex, a court has heard.
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Network Rail to face charges over deaths
The Office of Rail Regulation is set to launch a criminal prosecution over the deaths of two teenage girls who died at a level crossing in 2005.
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Network Rail fined £3m for Potters Bar crash
Network Rail has been fined £3 million for safety failings over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash.
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FactCheck: Labour claims rail reforms would save taxpayer £2.2bn a year
Labour says its rail plans will save the taxpayer £2.2bn a year. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: Are return tickets being scrapped, what are the government’s plans to improve rail services and how will Great British Railways work?
How will Great British Railways work, how will it change rail services and could return train tickets be scrapped? Here’s what we know so far.
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Christmas trade hit by rail strikes with no breakthrough in talks
The weekend before Christmas is traditionally the busiest for retailers but trading has been hit today by the continuation of the 48-hour rail strike.
