Network Rail response to picture of broken rail on social media

Monday, December 03, 2012 - Pictures of a broken rail at York have been disseminated on social media in recent days. Phil Verster, route managing director for Network Rail, responded: “As soon as we knew about the crack in this rail we stopped all trains and rectified the problem. This was managed within all safety standards and was in no way affected by changes to staffing levels.

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