Will Network Rail’s New Year nightmare result in lasting reforms of the railway?

Andy Chivers’s email to Network Rail

The email sent by Andy Chivers (pictured), managing director of National Express's One commuter franchise, to Iain Coucher, Network Rail chief executive, on Friday January 4:

Dear Iain,

I have read your comments in the press about Bechtel and Rugby.

I was very disappointed that there was no mention of the Liverpool Street fiasco which clearly had nothing to do with Bechtel and everything to do with the way in which the contractor’s performance was managed by Network Rail.

I was assured...

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