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Network Rail delays portrayed as betrayal of ‘Northern Powerhouse’

The appointment of Sir Peter Hendy as chair of Network Rail did little to quell media annoyance at the Government’s announcement that a number of rail improvement schemes were being delayed whilst, simultaneously, it appears that the high-speed HS2 rail line is pressing ahead as planned.

Rik Thomas
10 July 2015
Transport for London’s commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy, moving to Network Rail was deemed sufficiently important to make the front page of the capital’s Evening Standard newspaper on 25 June
Transport for London’s commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy, moving to Network Rail was deemed sufficiently important to make the front page of the capital’s Evening Standard newspaper on 25 June

 

MEDIA COVERAGE of the appointment of London transport commissioner Sir Peter Hendy as chairman as Network Rail began on the front page of London’s Evening Standard on 25 June. “He will… take on the biggest programme of upgrades since the Victorian era,” the paper said. “The appointment… boosts the prospect of City Hall winning more control over suburban rail routes.”

An accompanying editorial in The Standard was also notably praiseworthy of Hendy,...

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