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NETWORK RAIL (NR) faces being slapped with a £2 million fine — that would be funded by the taxpayer — for delays and poor performance, a regulator revealed yesterday.
The publicly owned body breached its licence after missing punctuality targets over the past year, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) found.
A third of minor delays and almost half of cancelled and significantly delayed services in England and Wales were on Southern and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) lines.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
