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Green light for rail plan
May 4 2008 by Michael Kelly, Sunday Sun
RAIL regulators have accepted a revised plan for completing the £8.6bn upgrade of the West Coast Mainline.
Operator Network Rail will press ahead with weekend closures throughout the summer to modernise the London to Scotland route by December.
But the Office of Rail Regulation — ORR — warned Network Rail it must make every effort to minimise disruption to passengers.
In January, the ORR fined Network Rail a record £14m after three engineering projects overran.
Access planning and performance director Michael Lee said: “Passengers will unfortunately face increased disruption while this work is being done, but will benefit from the new timetables in December.”
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