• Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and all but a handful of the stations of the British...
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  • its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network...
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    with the monopoly and dominant elements of the industry, principally Railtrack (now Network Rail)) and the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising, whose...
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    The Railtrack (Waverley Station) Order Confirmation Act 2000 (c. vi) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act allowed the rebuilding...
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  • International Rail Regulator for Great Britain. He oversaw the collapse of Railtrack, the infrastructure manager for the British rail network and the creation...
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    infrastructure company Railtrack. Reports found there was a lack of communication and some staff were not aware of maintenance procedures. Railtrack subsequently...
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    1997 he left and was appointed Chief Executive of Railtrack, which he left in November 2000. Railtrack was the most controversial of the Conservative government...
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    completion by LCR, with Railtrack owning Section 1 as well as being responsible for operating both sections. In October 2001, Railtrack was placed into "railway...
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  • including the larger stations, passed to the new privately owned company Railtrack, while track maintenance and renewal assets were sold to 13 companies...
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    Guitarist Eliades Ochoa who sang "El Carretero" on the record. In the film, Ochoa is shown playing the song whilst walking alongside a deserted railtrack....
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  • departmental wagons are wagons used by British Rail and their successors Railtrack and Network Rail for departmental purposes. Many vehicles are named after...
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  • Company or the Government like the forced Nationalisation of Northern Rock, Railtrack with 49,000 members. Action groups are co-ordinated by private investors...
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  • inadequately supervised by Railtrack. Beyond exhortations to do better, the Inquiry recommended changes in the industry structure. Railtrack had not merely had...
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    four people with over 70 injured. The crash exposed the shortcomings of Railtrack, and resulted in speed restrictions and major track replacement. On 10...
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    1990s, the infrastructure was taken over in 1994 by the private company Railtrack, which later collapsed in 2002, and was replaced by the not-for-profit...
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    Taverns Racal Electronics (acquired by Thomson-CSF and then Thales Group) Railtrack (collapsed in 2001) Randgold Resources (merged with Barrick Gold Corp)...
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  • leading role at Thorn plc in the 1990s. Marshall was finance director of Railtrack and then chief executive from November 2000 (in the aftermath of the Hatfield...
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    Tamluk to Digha Railways Howrah to Haldia Railtrack Howrah to Digha Railtrack Haldia - Panskura - Kharagpur Railtrack Culture – Tamluk Municipality Paul, Santanu...
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    of a diesel multiple unit. Twenty-five two-car units were ordered by Railtrack to enable it to replace its varied collection of ageing departmental vehicles...
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  • responsibility for track, signalling and stations was transferred to Railtrack (later brought under public control as Network Rail) while services were...
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    sector involvement but with Railtrack. However, the Strategic Rail Authority was concerned about cost overruns. Railtrack asked the government for more...
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    runners. These sets have been repainted into either the now obsolete Railtrack blue/lime green livery or the new Network Rail yellow livery. Two sets...
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  • private shareholders of Britain's national railway infrastructure company Railtrack sued the Secretary of State for Transport for damages, alleging that in...
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    owners (Railtrack for section 1, LCR for section 2) but with common Railtrack management. Following further financial problems at Railtrack, its interest...
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    Railtrack letter requiring works to clear the line 1999...
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    for the project, intended to be complete by 2000, was transferred to Railtrack as detailed in the Railways Act 1993. This privatisation, combined with...
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    preferable to a short sudden collapse. The first source of controversy in the Railtrack incident was the decision, taken at short notice with disregard for the...
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    route was then operated as a conventional railway, until it was closed by Railtrack after the last train on 31 May 1997, for conversion to tram operation...
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    transporting mail and parcels. They were used by both Rail Express Systems and Railtrack. Colas Rail and some train operating companies still use them. NVA 96603...
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    infrastructure owner of the era, Railtrack. Infrastructure changes were required to make effective use of tilting trains and, while Railtrack had committed itself...
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