We seem to have a spate of outages ... Appleby, Lamingon, Bleaneau Festniog ...
Lamington is due to re-open next week, I read, and the Bleaneau Ffestiniog line is rarely open for more than a few weeks at a time (probably a gross exaggeration, but that what it seems like).
The course of justice runs very slow ... 20 months later, Network Rail have come to court over Lamington.
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LBCNetwork Rail has been fined ?10,000 for allowing trains to travel at more than 100mph over a storm-damaged viaduct on the West Coast Main Line.
The Government-owned company responsible for Britain?s rail infrastructure was handed the punishment at Lanark Sheriff Court on November 18, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said.
Lamington Viaduct ? which carries trains travelling between Carlisle and Glasgow across the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire ? was badly damaged by severe storms in late 2015.
Network Rail allowed several trains to use the crossing before it was closed for seven weeks for major repairs to its foundations.
So - Network Rail have been fined 10000 pounds. Network Rail is a Government body and the fine goes to The Government. What's the point?