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Network Rail’s Western woes: the causes and effects

The ORR says Network Rail failed to cope with the effects of increased traffic on its Western and Wales routes. Great Western Railway Class 800s sit at London Paddington on August 29 2023. ALAMY.

Philip Haigh lifts the lid on the Office of Rail and Road’s report into poor planning and performance issues on the infrastructure company’s Western and Wales routes.

When overhead wires first appeared above the tracks into Paddington station in the 1990s, they powered Heathrow Express’s 15-minute service, which came to eight trains per hour.




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