Railtrack (English Wikipedia)

"The great train sell-off: Who dunnit?". BBC News. 20 October 2000. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Six dead in Southall Train Disaster". BBC News. 19 September 1997. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Ladbroke Grove Crash". BBC News. 11 October 1999. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Rail Regulator to go". BBC News. 21 September 1998. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Four dead in Hatfield Train Crash". BBC News. 17 October 2000. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Railtrack shuts down West Coast Main Line". BBC News. 25 October 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Repair costs spiral to £5bn". BBC News. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
"Network Rail closer to Railtrack takeover". BBC News. 18 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
"Railtrack suggests bigger payout". BBC News. 20 September 2002. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Rail War Chest". BBC News. 4 November 2002. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2006.
"Defeat for Railtrack shareholders". BBC News. 14 October 2005. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Byers denies lying over Railtrack". BBC News. 17 October 2005. Archived from the original on 16 March 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"New Year cash back for rail investors". BBC News. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 December 2002. Retrieved 14 December 2002.
"The man passengers loved to hate". BBC News. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2005.
"Railtrack chief quits". BBC News. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

books.google.com

Wolmar, Christian (2005). On the Wrong Line. Aurum Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-85410-998-9. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

christianwolmar.co.uk

"Rail 420: Why Railtrack's fall was a revolution waiting to happen". christianwolmar.co.uk. 17 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

doi.org

Strangleman, Tim (2002). "Nostalgia for Nationalisation – the Politics of Privatisation". Sociological Research Online. 7 (1): 92–105. doi:10.5153/sro.701. S2CID 144684740. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Glass, Anthony (2011). "The rise and fall of Railtrack PLC: an event study" (PDF). Applied Economics. 43 (23): 3143–3153. doi:10.1080/00036840903476379. S2CID 154603770.
Bowman, Andrew (March 2015). "An illusion of success: The consequences of British rail privatisation". Accounting Forum. 39 (1): 51–63. doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2014.10.001. S2CID 154910139.

euobserver.com

Evans-Pritchard, Blake (13 February 2003). "State aid to Railtrack approved". euobserver.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

findarticles.com

"City lawyer will be the new rail regulator". The Independent. 24 March 1999. ^{[permanent dead link]}
"Railtrack drops out of FTSE 100 as shares fall 17% on brokers' note". The Independent. 6 June 2001. ^{[permanent dead link]}

ft.com

Warwick-Ching, Lucy. "Can I offset losses on my Railtrack shares?". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

galegroup.com

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Cobain, Ian; Harvey, Michael; Bird, Steve (18 October 2000). "Four killed and 33 hurt: mechanical failure blamed". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

heraldscotland.com

"Tories held to blame for rail strike. Labour poll backs union & APOS's stance". heraldscotland.com. 5 July 1994. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

independent.co.uk

Clement, Barrie (8 September 1994). "The Rail Dispute: Railtrack chief gives 'no surrender' message: Horton in uncompromising mood as union clashes with BR over the number of trains running". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Clement, Barrie (1 September 1994). "Railtrack proposes mass sackings to end strike". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Ahmad, Sameena; Yates, Andrew (22 June 1997). "Beleaguered Railtrack seeks 'big hitter' to replace Edmonds". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Prescott orders probe into rail repairs". The Independent. 24 October 2000. ^{[dead link]}
Thornton, Philip (18 February 1999). "£400m issue derails Railtrack share price". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
Harrison, Michael (16 January 2001). "Railtrack could ditch new Channel rail link". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
Brown, Colin (1 April 2001). "Railtrack to lose its new-line monopoly". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 August 2009.^{[dead link]}
"Railtrack goes bankrupt with debts of £3.3bn". The Independent. 8 October 2001. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011.
Vaughan-Adams, Liz (28 December 2002). "Railtrack makes final departure from stock market". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"HSBC sued over freeze on £370m in account". The Independent. 9 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

issuu.com

"Who pays for Enhancements?". Inside Track. 1 September 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

lgcplus.com

"Report slams Railtrack's record". lgcplus.com. 14 April 1999. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

mmu.ac.uk

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Glass, Anthony (2011). "The rise and fall of Railtrack PLC: an event study" (PDF). Applied Economics. 43 (23): 3143–3153. doi:10.1080/00036840903476379. S2CID 154603770.

nao.org.uk

"The Modernisation of the West Coast Main Line". National Audit Office. 22 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

nytimes.com

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"Britain Puts Price On Railtrack Shares". The New York Times. 2 May 1996. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

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Pfanner, Eric (13 October 2001). "Network's Failure Is Seen As Cautionary Tale for EU : Railtrack's Slide Leaves Britain Sifting Options". New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

parliament.uk

researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk

Butcher, Louise (24 March 2010). "Railways: Railtrack, 1994–2002" (PDF). parliament.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

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"Accounting for Producer Needs: The case of Britain's rail infrastructure" (PDF). Centre for Management and Organisational History. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

rail-reg.gov.uk

"Railtrack to give further commitments". Office of Rail Regulation. 16 July 1998. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.

railwaysarchive.co.uk

"New Opportunities for the Railways: The Privatisation of British Rail". Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 14 July 1992. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry Part 1 by The Rt Hon Lord Cullen PC Archived 28 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine (3.2 MB pdf file) – The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry Part 1, paras 8.3–5.

rpsag.org.uk

"Appeal Decision" (PDF). RPSAG. 21 October 2005. ^{[permanent dead link]}

rtgroup.co.uk

"Liquidation". RT Group. Archived from the original on 24 October 2002.
"RT Group homepage". RT Group. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.

sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk

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"Railtrack Group PLC". sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

scotsman.com

thescotsman.scotsman.com

"Fresh Railtrack attack on Byers". The Scotsman. 15 November 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.

semanticscholar.org

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Strangleman, Tim (2002). "Nostalgia for Nationalisation – the Politics of Privatisation". Sociological Research Online. 7 (1): 92–105. doi:10.5153/sro.701. S2CID 144684740. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Glass, Anthony (2011). "The rise and fall of Railtrack PLC: an event study" (PDF). Applied Economics. 43 (23): 3143–3153. doi:10.1080/00036840903476379. S2CID 154603770.
Bowman, Andrew (March 2015). "An illusion of success: The consequences of British rail privatisation". Accounting Forum. 39 (1): 51–63. doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2014.10.001. S2CID 154910139.

socresonline.org.uk

Strangleman, Tim (2002). "Nostalgia for Nationalisation – the Politics of Privatisation". Sociological Research Online. 7 (1): 92–105. doi:10.5153/sro.701. S2CID 144684740. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

telegraph.co.uk

"John Edmonds, executive who forced through radical changes at British Rail – obituary". The Telegraph. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
"Hatfield crash "was disaster waiting to happen"". The Daily Telegraph. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
Osborne, Alistair (6 June 2001). "Railtrack shares dive to all time low". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
"Windsor's pointer to rail billions". The Daily Telegraph. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Student sets up action group to lobby for 360p". The Daily Telegraph. 16 October 2001. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Byers to answer charge that he misled Railtrack's shareholders". The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Railtrack chairman stands down". The Daily Telegraph. 5 March 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
"Railtrack's lawman rides into town". The Daily Telegraph. 10 March 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

the-stationery-office.co.uk

parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk

"Hansard Debates". The Stationery Office. 24 October 2005. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.

theguardian.com

Christian, Wolmar (16 July 2005). "Forget Byers: the scandal was in the original sell-off: Railtrack was heading for disaster long before the Hatfield crash". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Tran, Mark; Left, Sarah; Pank, Philip (27 June 2002). "Timeline: Railtrack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Get-tough regulator named for Railways". The Guardian. 24 March 1999. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Railtrack Declares War on Regulator". The Guardian. 3 April 2000. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Meek, James (1 April 2004). "The main players in the £10bn rail fiasco". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Harper, Keith (30 May 2000). "Railtrack funding of Channel rail link in doubt again". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
"Blair told: find £3.5bn or the railways collapse". The Guardian. 24 November 2001. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Clark, Andrew (2 October 2002). "Judge jumps Railtrack points". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Think tank lays into Network Rail structure". The Guardian. 16 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Milner, Mark (15 October 2005). "Railtrack shareholders lose court battle for compensation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Byers told to apologise over Railtrack". The Guardian. 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Harper, Keith (27 February 1999). "Horton quits Railtrack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
"Mr Corbett's successor is not to be envied". The Guardian. London. 18 November 2000. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
Barnett, Antony; Morgan, Oliver (17 October 1999). "Railtrack chief will answer to MPs". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

web.archive.org

Strangleman, Tim (2002). "Nostalgia for Nationalisation – the Politics of Privatisation". Sociological Research Online. 7 (1): 92–105. doi:10.5153/sro.701. S2CID 144684740. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"The great train sell-off: Who dunnit?". BBC News. 20 October 2000. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"New Opportunities for the Railways: The Privatisation of British Rail". Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 14 July 1992. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Christian, Wolmar (16 July 2005). "Forget Byers: the scandal was in the original sell-off: Railtrack was heading for disaster long before the Hatfield crash". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Butcher, Louise (24 March 2010). "Railways: Railtrack, 1994–2002" (PDF). parliament.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Railtrack Group PLC". sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Railtrack to give further commitments". Office of Rail Regulation. 16 July 1998. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
"Britain Puts Price On Railtrack Shares". The New York Times. 2 May 1996. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
Tran, Mark; Left, Sarah; Pank, Philip (27 June 2002). "Timeline: Railtrack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Clement, Barrie (8 September 1994). "The Rail Dispute: Railtrack chief gives 'no surrender' message: Horton in uncompromising mood as union clashes with BR over the number of trains running". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Tories held to blame for rail strike. Labour poll backs union & APOS's stance". heraldscotland.com. 5 July 1994. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Clement, Barrie (1 September 1994). "Railtrack proposes mass sackings to end strike". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"John Edmonds, executive who forced through radical changes at British Rail – obituary". The Telegraph. 27 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
Ahmad, Sameena; Yates, Andrew (22 June 1997). "Beleaguered Railtrack seeks 'big hitter' to replace Edmonds". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Six dead in Southall Train Disaster". BBC News. 19 September 1997. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Ladbroke Grove Crash". BBC News. 11 October 1999. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry Part 1 by The Rt Hon Lord Cullen PC Archived 28 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine (3.2 MB pdf file) – The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry Part 1, paras 8.3–5.
"Rail Regulator to go". BBC News. 21 September 1998. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Get-tough regulator named for Railways". The Guardian. 24 March 1999. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Railtrack Declares War on Regulator". The Guardian. 3 April 2000. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Report slams Railtrack's record". lgcplus.com. 14 April 1999. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Four dead in Hatfield Train Crash". BBC News. 17 October 2000. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Cobain, Ian; Harvey, Michael; Bird, Steve (18 October 2000). "Four killed and 33 hurt: mechanical failure blamed". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
"Railtrack shuts down West Coast Main Line". BBC News. 25 October 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Hatfield crash "was disaster waiting to happen"". The Daily Telegraph. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
Thornton, Philip (18 February 1999). "£400m issue derails Railtrack share price". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
"Repair costs spiral to £5bn". BBC News. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
Meek, James (1 April 2004). "The main players in the £10bn rail fiasco". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"The Modernisation of the West Coast Main Line". National Audit Office. 22 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
Harper, Keith (30 May 2000). "Railtrack funding of Channel rail link in doubt again". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
Harrison, Michael (16 January 2001). "Railtrack could ditch new Channel rail link". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
Osborne, Alistair (6 June 2001). "Railtrack shares dive to all time low". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
"Railtrack goes bankrupt with debts of £3.3bn". The Independent. 8 October 2001. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011.
"Rail 420: Why Railtrack's fall was a revolution waiting to happen". christianwolmar.co.uk. 17 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
Pfanner, Eric (13 October 2001). "Network's Failure Is Seen As Cautionary Tale for EU : Railtrack's Slide Leaves Britain Sifting Options". New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Blair told: find £3.5bn or the railways collapse". The Guardian. 24 November 2001. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
Evans-Pritchard, Blake (13 February 2003). "State aid to Railtrack approved". euobserver.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Windsor's pointer to rail billions". The Daily Telegraph. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
Clark, Andrew (2 October 2002). "Judge jumps Railtrack points". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Network Rail closer to Railtrack takeover". BBC News. 18 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
"Accounting for Producer Needs: The case of Britain's rail infrastructure" (PDF). Centre for Management and Organisational History. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
"Think tank lays into Network Rail structure". The Guardian. 16 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Railtrack suggests bigger payout". BBC News. 20 September 2002. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Vaughan-Adams, Liz (28 December 2002). "Railtrack makes final departure from stock market". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
"Student sets up action group to lobby for 360p". The Daily Telegraph. 16 October 2001. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Rail War Chest". BBC News. 4 November 2002. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 7 January 2006.
"HSBC sued over freeze on £370m in account". The Independent. 9 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
"Fresh Railtrack attack on Byers". The Scotsman. 15 November 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.
"Byers to answer charge that he misled Railtrack's shareholders". The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Defeat for Railtrack shareholders". BBC News. 14 October 2005. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
Milner, Mark (15 October 2005). "Railtrack shareholders lose court battle for compensation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"Hansard Debates". The Stationery Office. 24 October 2005. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
"Byers denies lying over Railtrack". BBC News. 17 October 2005. Archived from the original on 16 March 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
"Byers told to apologise over Railtrack". The Guardian. 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
"RT Group homepage". RT Group. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
"New Year cash back for rail investors". BBC News. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 December 2002. Retrieved 14 December 2002.
Harper, Keith (27 February 1999). "Horton quits Railtrack". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
"Railtrack chairman stands down". The Daily Telegraph. 5 March 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
"Railtrack's lawman rides into town". The Daily Telegraph. 10 March 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
"The man passengers loved to hate". BBC News. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2005.
"Railtrack chief quits". BBC News. 17 November 2000. Archived from the original on 9 April 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
"Mr Corbett's successor is not to be envied". The Guardian. London. 18 November 2000. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
Barnett, Antony; Morgan, Oliver (17 October 1999). "Railtrack chief will answer to MPs". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.