Weather-related delays attributable to Network Rail rose by 500,000 minutes , the equivalent of almost a year , in the 12 months to the end of March , according to the Office of Rail Regulation (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/06/regulator_attacks_network_rail.html#moreIt was particularly scathing about the impact of what it described as a minor snowfall in south-east England which caused "disproportionate problems". "They lost the plot when the snow fell," according to Michael Lee , the ORR's director of access planning and performance.
Network Rail is facing the prospect of a fine from the ORR for what the regulator described as weaknesses in the planning and execution of a resignalling project at Portsmouth (click on
http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1583.msg4227#msg4227) which it said breached one of the conditions of its network licence.
A Network Rail spokesman said: "Network Rail recognises that the overrun of the massive £100m Portsmouth resignalling scheme has let passengers down.
"We are disappointed that the ORR has decided to take this unnecessary action, despite all the work we have done to fix the problem."
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