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| Hatfield report criticises firm |
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A final report into the Hatfield rail crash has found engineering firm Balfour Beatty failed to manage track inspection and maintenance at the site. |
| BBC News Mon 24 Jul |
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| Hatfield crash fine cut to £7.5m |
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Engineering firm Balfour Beatty has had the £10m fine for its part in the Hatfield train crash cut to £7.5m. |
| NDTCabin Wed 5 Jul |
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| Firms fined over Hatfield crash |
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Two firms have been fined a total of £13.5m for breaching health and safety regulations over the 2000 Hatfield train crash, in which four people died. |
| BBC News Fri 7 Oct |
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| Broken Tube rails 'have tripled' |
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The number of broken rails on the Tube network has trebled over the last five years, according to a report leaked to BBC London. |
| BBC News Tue 13 Sep |
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| Network Rail guilty over Hatfield |
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Network Rail, formerly Railtrack, has been found guilty of breaching health and safety legislation in the run-up to the Hatfield crash. |
| BBC News Tue 6 Sep |
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| Company admits Hatfield breaches |
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Engineering firm Balfour Beatty has admitted that it breached safety standards before the Hatfield train disaster, in which four people died. |
| BBC News Mon 18 Jul |
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| 'No time' for Hatfield inspection |
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A rail manager 'had no time' for proper track inspections before the Hatfield crash, the Old Bailey has heard. |
| BBC News Tue 19 Apr |
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| Mystery Metal Fatigue Behind Hatfield Rail Crash |
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A metal fatigue which engineers are still trying to understand helped to trigger the Hatfield rail crash, the Old Bailey was told today. |
| Scotsman Mon 14 Mar |
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| Pressure from PM after Hatfield |
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The prime minister 'applied pressure' on rail chiefs to get services back running as normal after the Hatfield crash, the Old Bailey has heard. |
| BBC News Fri 11 Mar |
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| Boss 'did not gamble on safety' |
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'What he did not know until after the crash was that trackside inspection was being conducted with crass incompetence' |
| BBC News Fri 4 Feb |
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| Rail crash trial 'may take year' |
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Engineering firm Balfour Beatty and five rail managers are on trial for manslaughter over the crash. |
| BBC News Mon 10 Jan |
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| Depot move 'destroys' rail town |
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The closure of a rail depot will 'destroy' a historic railway town, unions have claimed. |
| BBC News Sat 18 Dec |
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| Train maker Bombardier axes jobs |
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Train maker Bombardier is cutting its workforce by 2,200 worldwide, with the sharpest edge of the jobs axe falling on the UK, Germany and Canada. |
| BBC News Thu 2 Dec |
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| Charges dropped against Railtrack |
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Corporate manslaughter charges faced by Railtrack over the Hatfield train crash have been dropped. |
| BBC News Wed 1 Sep |
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| Bombardier to cut 1,250 UK jobs |
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Train maker Bombardier is to axe 1,250 jobs in the UK as part of major restructuring, company officials say |
| BBC News Thu 18 Mar |
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| Dubai to build four-billion-dollar railway |
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The Gulf emirate of Dubai on Monday announced plans to construct its first underground railway network at an estimated cost of nearly four billion dollars. |
| Middle East Online Mar 2004 |
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| Inadequate inspection blamed for railroad derailment  |
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A US safety board investigation has found that a chemical train derailment in which one man died and 300 were injured was probably caused by an ineffective inspection and maintenance programme. |
| NDTCabin Fri 12 Mar |
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| France to spend £14bn extending high-speed railway
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France is to build up to 500 miles of high-speed railway lines in the next nine years, extending its 180mph rail network to Bordeaux, Rennes, Turin, Mulhouse and Montpellier. |
| BBC News Fri 19 Dec |
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| Europe-Africa rail tunnel agreed |
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Spain and Morocco say they have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa. |
| BBC News Sun 14 Dec |
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| Trains face safety checks |
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Virgin Trains is carrying out urgent safety checks on its entire fleet of CrossCountry trains after faults were spotted on two of them. |
| BBC News Wed 3 Dec |
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