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Railtrack 'not ditching' £5.4bn WCML
00:00 01 Jun 2000
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Railtrack has poured scorn on a newspaper report that it is about
to ditch the £5.4bn upgrade of the West Coast Main Line in
favour of a cut-price alternative.
The Guardian reported on Monday (29 May) that Railtrack wanted only to upgrade the track because it was not able to complete the £3bn worth of advanced signalling for the route by the 2005 deadline.
A Railtrack spokeswoman said the report was completely unfounded and that "as far as the Board of Railtrack was concerned, it is full steam ahead".
Another Railtrack official commented: "We are pressing ahead with phase one of the programme (the track improvements) and a lot of work has already been done in the Manchester, Birmingham and Euston areas. We are also doing a lot of work in other areas as well as looking at the signalling."
The Guardian reported on Monday (29 May) that Railtrack wanted only to upgrade the track because it was not able to complete the £3bn worth of advanced signalling for the route by the 2005 deadline.
A Railtrack spokeswoman said the report was completely unfounded and that "as far as the Board of Railtrack was concerned, it is full steam ahead".
Another Railtrack official commented: "We are pressing ahead with phase one of the programme (the track improvements) and a lot of work has already been done in the Manchester, Birmingham and Euston areas. We are also doing a lot of work in other areas as well as looking at the signalling."
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