Well, I never thought I'd agree with anything that EK says........ but well said!!!! FGW should be more publicly critical of NR and the DFT!

Agreed! Reading the times today there was a piece about Chriss Gibbs outrage at NR and the word "Incompetent" was used!

Engineering work does have to be done, but why so many line closeures whilst work is done.
BR relaid miles of track keeping a single line open with bi-directional working of trains whilst engineers relaid the other road.
 
And before the H & Smen start quoting H & S, there are MORE Accidents where both lines are closed,
Keeping one line open kept the engineers on their toes as they were expecting train movements.
Today with engineers working under a FALSE sense of securty,  Men are killed when Engineering movements take place through the work site.
A couple of guys died when they stepped of a Track Machine into the path of a engineers train up around Tamworth mainly due to the fact both roads were closed, had one still been open I doubt this accident would have happened.