Friday, October 10, 2003

RAIL SAFETY NEWS

News that Jarvis are to give up their contract to provide day-to-day maintenance for Britain's railways. Jarvis have been implicated in several fatal rail accidents and also the recent King's Cross derailment. The latter highlighted the lack of communication between the numerous organisations repsonsible for running and maintaining the rail network.

Sting in the tail: Jarvis will continue to provide heavy maintenance on large contracts - where they make more money.

Question: does this have anything to do with Steven Norris'scandidacy for Mayor of London? , Norris is a non-Executive Director of Jarvis,.

:: Posted by pete @ 07:25