network rail took over from railtrack in 2002.
when did network rail take over from railtrack?
2002
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network rail was formed with the principal purpose of acquiring and owning railtrack plc. originally the government allowed private companies to bid for railtrack plc. however, with limited availability of financial data on railtrack, the political implications of owning the company and the very obvious preference of the government that the national railway network should go to network rail, no bidders apart from network rail were forthcoming, and network rail bought railtrack plc on 3 october 2002. railtrack plc was subsequently renamed to network rail infrastructure limited.
railtrack
in 2003, five managers and two companies – network rail (as successors of railtrack) and the division of balfour beatty that maintained the track – were charged with manslaughter and breach of health and safety charges in connection with the accident. the managers, anthony walker (balfour beatty's rail maintenance director), nicholas jeffries (its civil engineer), railtrack's alistair cook and sean fugill (asset managers for the london north-east zone), and track engineer keith lee, all denied the charges. the corporate manslaughter charges against network rail/railtrack and some of its executives were dropped in september 2004, but the other charges stood.
hatfield rail crash