Network Rail slammed for not spending its budget on repairs November 28, 2013 NETWORK Rail has been criticised for spending £1.2bn less than expected on maintaining the railways over the last four years and causing more than half of the delays endured by British passengers. The Office of Rail Regulation said Network Rail was responsible for 1.7m minutes of delays between April and October, after infrastructure failures rose [...]
Network Rail spends more on track work as delays increase November 21, 2013 NETWORK Rail, the operator of Britain’s train tracks, spent £15m a day on upgrade work in the six months to the end of September, as the group added £253m to its debt pile to take the total past £30.6bn. The government-funded company said it invested a third more than it did a year ago on [...]