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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Tom Winsor (section Problems with Railtrack)
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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Railways Act 1993 (section Railtrack)
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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Gerald Corbett (section Railtrack)
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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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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Misfeasance in public office (section Railtrack)
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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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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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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Steven Marshall (businessman) (redirect from Steven Marshall (Railtrack))
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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track. Early railways (c. 1840s) experimented with continuous bearing railtrack, in which the rail was supported along its length, with examples including...
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Railtrack letter requiring works to clear the line 1999...
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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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four people with over 70 injured. The crash exposed the shortcomings of Railtrack, which consequently saw speed restrictions and major track replacement...
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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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third-rail power supply used in the former Southern region. The collapse of Railtrack following the Hatfield accident further delayed this upgrade work, and...
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Transportation Infrastructure 20305010 Airport Services 20305020 Highways & Railtracks 20305030 Marine Ports & Services 25 Consumer Discretionary 2510 Automobiles...
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Cabinet Minister Stephen Byers and the Department for Transport in the Railtrack private shareholders' action against the British Government in 2005, for...
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Stephen Byers (section Railtrack)
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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subject to an extensive restoration by national rail infrastructure owner Railtrack; this work was part-funded by the Railway Heritage Trust, English Heritage...
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to be redeveloped. Financial difficulties in 1998, and the collapse of Railtrack in 2001, caused some revision of this plan, but LCR retained ownership...
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