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| Potters Bar rail accident 18/03/2011 at 10:27 #2604 | |
AndyG
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"A health and safety charge against the rail maintenance company Jarvis over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash has been dropped." BBC News item I can only help one person a day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look too good either. Log in to reply |
| Potters Bar rail accident 18/03/2011 at 10:27 #14074 | |
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AndyG
1842 posts |
"A health and safety charge against the rail maintenance company Jarvis over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash has been dropped." BBC News item I can only help one person a day. Today's not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look too good either. Log in to reply |
| Potters Bar rail accident 18/03/2011 at 12:43 #14077 | |
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Lordmwa
148 posts |
It makes sense really - no point in wasting lots of money to get none back and with basically nothing they could do about it
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| Potters Bar rail accident 18/03/2011 at 15:09 #14079 | |
Peter Bennet
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Can't quite see the point of prosecuting NR as they did not exist at the time though they did take on the liabilities of Railtrack. So I guess if they are fined the taxpayer will end up paying the fine to the Government plus the legal costs of defending what they have admitted to despite not being directly implicated because of what I said in the first sentence. hey-ho Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Potters Bar rail accident 18/03/2011 at 15:56 #14084 | |
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kbarber
1742 posts |
Not to mention that it's the best part of nine years on. Anyone remember Clapham Junction (1988)? Gordon Pettitt was on the 6pm news and announced the cause of the accident. He was followed immediately by Bob Reid who announced that BR accepted liability in full. End of. OK, there was a court case a few months later but that was simply to assess damages. I despair! Log in to reply |
| Potters Bar rail accident 19/03/2011 at 02:21 #14091 | |
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UKTrainMan
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I'd like to think that "Britain’s leading transport commentator" Christian Wolmar summed it up well.
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