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Network Rail's Portsmouth Disgrace
« on: March 09, 2007, 01:56:28 PM »
A cock - up of gigantic proportions on my home patch (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6411711.stm
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Re: Network Rail's Portsmouth Disgrace
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2007, 10:39:12 AM »
The rail regulator has imposed its biggest ever fine - £2.4 million - on Network Rail after a ten - month delay to the major new resignalling project (links below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/07/record_fine_for_network_rail.html#more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6921986.stm
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Re: Network Rail's Portsmouth Disgrace
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2008, 11:17:52 AM »
And now some of the copper cabling has been stolen (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7184010.stm

It was later found and replaced, but not before disrupting services.
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