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June 25th 15 09:30 PM

Rail upgrades delayed

In article
-september.
org, (Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

In message , at 13:01:50
on Thu, 25 Jun 2015, Paul Corfield remarked:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:53:09 +0100, Nigel Emery wrote:

"The government says it will delay or cut back a number of
modernisation projects planned for Network Rail.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says rising costs and missed
targets make the £38.5bn plan untenable."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33270586

Also Sir Peter Hendy leaves TfL to become NR Chairman.

Who was the previous incumbent, and did they jump or were they pushed?

Tim O'Toole, wasn't it?

Nope. He runs First.

He was at TfL before First.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Mizter T

June 25th 15 09:45 PM

Rail upgrades delayed

On 25/06/2015 22:30, wrote:

In article
-september.
org, (Recliner) wrote:
[....]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33270586

Also Sir Peter Hendy leaves TfL to become NR Chairman.

Who was the previous incumbent, and did they jump or were they pushed?

Tim O'Toole, wasn't it?

Nope. He runs First.

He was at TfL before First.

He's never been NR chairman, which was the question.

He was MD of LU from 2002 to 2009.

Recliner[_3_]

June 25th 15 09:57 PM

Rail upgrades delayed

Mizter T wrote:
On 25/06/2015 22:30, wrote:

In article
-september.
, (Recliner) wrote:
[....]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33270586

Also Sir Peter Hendy leaves TfL to become NR Chairman.

Who was the previous incumbent, and did they jump or were they pushed?

Tim O'Toole, wasn't it?

Nope. He runs First.

He was at TfL before First.

He's never been NR chairman, which was the question.

He was MD of LU from 2002 to 2009.

And back in the US in between.

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